New maxi seizure of cocaine at the port of Vado Ligure thanks to the collaboration between the Guardia di Finanza and the Customs and Monopolies Agency (Adm). A refrigerated container from Ecuador was intercepted with almost 800 kilograms of pure cocaine (650 bricks), hidden among pallets of bananas. It is one of the largest seizures in recent years at the port, coming just weeks after a similar operation that led to the seizure of over three quintals of pure cocaine. The drug, if placed on the market, would have yielded criminal organizations approximately 250 million euros.
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650 bricks identified
The military of the Provincial Command of Savona, with the collaboration of colleagues from the Economic-Financial Police Unit of Genoa, and together with officials from the Anti-fraud Section of the Adm Liguria 3 Office in Savona, identified, at the port of Vado Ligure, a shipment of 650 bricks containing, gross of packaging, a total quantity of over 770 kilograms of narcotics which, after an analysis carried out at the time of control, turned out to be pure cocaine.
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Drug from Ecuador
The large consignment of drugs was skillfully hidden among dozens of banana pallets, inside a refrigerated container coming from one of the main ports of Ecuador. The operation is, once again, the result of a widespread analysis and control activity conducted by the financiers of the Savona Group and by the personnel of the Customs agency, carried out on the commercial routes connecting South America with the port of Vado Ligure, an increasingly important crossroads for commercial flows to Europe and, as such, an attractive port also for the perpetration of illicit trafficking.
Estimated value of 250 million euros
This latest cocaine seizure represents one of the most significant anti-drug operations carried out in recent years at the Vado Ligure port; the seized drug, if placed on the market, would have generated huge profits for criminal organizations, with a retail value estimated at around 250 million Euros. The service operation is part of a constant and targeted action to combat international drug trafficking aimed, among other things, at preserving the weakest segments of the population.
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