Italian paramilitary police said they seized 120 grams of cocaine during a raid on Tuesday afternoon at a hotel on the Amalfi Coast, where some crew members of Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning’s Equalizer 3 were lodged.
Law enforcement officials say the drug arrest was in response to the sudden death of the head of the catering department in the making of the film, a 55-year-old man who reportedly passed out leaving a bar and died of a heart attack.
Police said they found several bags of cocaine in the man’s pockets, leading to suspicions that there were other drugs in the “Equalizer” filming area.
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Two catering workers from Italy have been placed under house arrest on suspicion of drug trafficking after police said they seized cocaine in their hotel room in a raid on Tuesday.
The police reportedly detained them outside the filming location.
Interestingly, another contractor on set was allegedly in possession of a small amount of cocaine for personal use.
Italian police say they also searched for drugs at a local port that serves as a key location for the Antoine Fuqua film but the scan found no cocaine.
A representative for Denzel said there would be no production delays, as work would go on as usual.
