In the largest operation in its history, the Italian police found 2 tons of cocaine floating in the Mediterranean in water-resistant packages near the southern island of Sicily, according to the newspaper. "The Journal" Italian.
The police indicated that the value of the shipment that was found was about 400 million euros, and it consisted of 70 packages, sealed, placed in a fishing net with thick ropes with a site and a traffic light system, and each package contained 1,600 pieces of cocaine.
The shipment was located and recovered off the eastern coast of the Mediterranean island, the newspaper said, police said in a statement "It was one of the largest drug busts in the country".
And on the destination of drugs, the police indicated that "The drugs were likely thrown overboard by a cargo ship to be later recovered and transported to the mainland".
In the video, drugs worth 400 million euros float on the coast of Sicily, Italy. Details via the link: pic.twitter.com/xYf66fetK2
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And the newspaper pointed out that something similar happened in France at the beginning of last month, when several bags containing 850 kilograms of cocaine were found on the beach of Revel, in the French region of Normandy.
Days after this discovery, 15 kilometers north, near Vic-sur-Mer, 20 kilometers from the city of Cherbourg, new bags of cocaine appeared.
Drug trafficking in Europe is largely controlled by the ‘Ndarenjita, a mafia organization that has spread from its native Calabria to most of Italy and even to many European and American countries.
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