Three tons of cocaine hidden in banana containers: maxi seizure at the port of Gioia Tauro

Record seizure in the port of Gioia Tauro.

During an inspection, the financiers of the provincial command of Reggio Calabria and the officials of the Customs Office found in two containers coming from Guayaquil, in Ecuador, and destined for Armenia, through the port of Batumi, in Georgia, two tons and 734 kilograms of pure cocaine.

The cocaine contained in the containers, refrigerated and over 12 meters long, was concealed in a load of fruit consisting of 78 tons of bananas.

(Unioneonline/lf)