Italian Preliminary Police arrested two catering staff on set of Denzel Washington’s “The Equalizer 3” after seizing 120 grams of cocaine during a raid on their hotel rooms.
The drug bust was in response to the sudden death of the movie production’s head of catering, a 55-year-old man who reportedly collapsed leaving a bar and died of a heart attack. Police said they found several bags of cocaine in the man’s pockets, leading to suspicion of more drugs on the ‘Equalizer’ set.
Some of the catering workers from Italy were placed under house arrest on suspicion of drug dealing after cops said they seized cocaine from their hotel room during Tuesday’s raid. They were reportedly detained by police away from the movie set.
Another caterer was also said to be in possession of a small amount of cocaine, reportedly for personal use.
The police also searched for drugs at a local port which is speculated to serve as the main staging area for the movie Antoine Fuqua is directing. The sweep didn’t turn up any cocaine.
