A planned Terra dei Fuochi control operation in San Gennaro Vesuviano on 14 November 2026 led to one arrest and four people reported over suspected illegal waste management and cigarette smuggling.
The checks were carried out by the Carabinieri Forestali of Roccarainola together with the Italian Army's Campania grouping. Five people were found at the site in the via Cupa di Miano area.
According to the reports, the site had previously been seized for illegal waste management. Investigators found new deposits of textile waste estimated at approximately 3,000 cubic metres. The waste-covered area was placed under preventive seizure.
During the same operation, officers found approximately 10 tonnes of contraband cigarettes stored in containers, on two trucks and inside a building on the site. A final inventory and weighing of the cigarettes remained to be completed at the time of the reports.
The identities of the arrested and reported individuals were not released, with some still being identified. The arrest, reports and seizures are investigative measures connected with alleged offences, not final convictions.
