Italian police seize 2 tons of cocaine off Sicily

The drugs were stored in about 70 waterproof and carefully sealed packages, the Guardia di Finanza (Italy's Economic Police) said in a statement.

Italian police seize packages of cocaine floating at sea. Photo: Guardia di Finanza

The drug packages were held together with fishermen's nets and were equipped with glowing signalling devices, Guardia di Finanza added.

The Italian tax and customs agency called the seizure a “record”. A maritime surveillance plane spotted the packages floating in the sea and alerted the police.

"Special packaging methods and the presence of a luminous device to allow tracking" suggest that the shipment was dumped at sea by a cargo ship for later retrieval, according to a statement from Guardia di Finanza.

Huy Hoang (according to Reuters, AFP)

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/canh-sat-y-thu-giu-2-tan-cocaine-ngoai-khoi-sicily-post244092.html