Gioia Tauro (Italy) Sep 5 (IANS/AKI) Italian Police on Tuesday seized 52.7 kilos of cocaine hidden inside coal sacks in a container ship at the port of Gioia Tauro with a market value of at least 10 million euros.
The narcotics had divided into 49 loaves were shipped from Paraguay and were destined for Israel s port of Haifa police said.
Police said they used scanning devices loaned by the port authorities and cross-checks on customs documents seized from the ship to locate the cocaine.
Tuesday s operation was carried out on the orders of local anti-mafia prosecutors police said.
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