Italy makes biggest kokainfund in 25 years. It writes the AFP news agency.
The Italian police last week seized over two tons of pure cocaine from Colombia.
the Substances have a so-called street value of around 500 million euros, were seized last week in a port in Genoa, sounds the message from the police on Thursday.
The little over two tons of cocaine was found in 60 packages 23. January in a container that was on its way from Colombia to Barcelona. Found was first published on Thursday. A 59-year-old man has been arrested in the case.
the Authorities, they changed many of the packages of cocaine, with salt along the way, before the container reached its destination in Barcelona, writes local media.
The large amount of cocaine had a value of $ 3.7 billion.
the Guardia di Finanza – the Italian economic police viewer something of the seized cocaine. Photo: AFP
According to the Italian police the substances can be traced back to Colombia’s infamous cartel ’the Gulf of the Clan’. They account for over 70 percent of Colombia’s narkoproduktion and are known to use violence, weapons and threats as a means to control drug trafficking routes and cocaine laboratories.
The historic seizure is a result of cooperation between colombian, british and Spanish police.
as late as Wednesday could the police also seize 650 kg of cocaine in a second major action in Italy.
The 650 kilos were discovered 15. January in a container aboard a ship that sailed from Honduras, before it was transferred to another ship in Costa Rica. The large amount of cocaine had to be ended in Barcelona.
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