The drug found in the Calabrian port was found among a load of paper reels, while the one found in Liguria was inside a load of bananas coming from Ecuador
A 110 kg shipment of pure cocaine was seized in the port of Gioia Tauro, in a joint operation by the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Reggio Calabria and personnel from the Customs and Monopolies Agency.
The drug, which once placed on the market would have generated revenues of around 20 million euros, was found in a suspicious container that was carrying paper reels, coming from North America and headed to Italy according to Shipping Italy
Another anti-drug operation, conducted at the end of 2024 and which took place in the port of Vado Ligure, also came to light today. During a routine check on a container, 24 kg of cocaine were identified that had been hidden among loads of fresh bananas from Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador and packaged in 20 blocks mostly depicting a phoenix.
The drug, which on the drug dealing market would have generated revenues of approximately 2,200,000 euros, was seized thanks to a synergic action by the Customs Agency and the Guardia di Finanza.
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