Ravenna, 23 April 2024. Ben 139 loaves containingpure cocaine for a total of approximately 150 kilograms, carefully protected by waterproof packaging designed to safeguard the integrity of the precious cargo. Drug, whose overall value can be reasonably estimated at over five million euros wholesale And approximately 25 million eurosif related to the sale retail (310 thousand doses).
The police and financial police operation which allowed the discovery of 150 kilos of cocaine
It is the very large quantity of narcotics that the State Police and the Financial Police of Ravenna, in ajoint operation, they have seized on a cargo shipflying the flag of Marshall Islands, arrived at anchor in Ravenna during last night and coming from Northern Europe.
The investigation was coordinated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Ravenna. In particular, the inspection was in-depth with the important contribution of divers from the Rimini Air and Naval Operations Department from the Financial Policethat have scanned the submerged part of the hullcoming to, afterwards several hours of activity and despite the difficulties associated with very bad weather and sea conditionsdifferent casings inside the seacock pipes (located about 9 meters deep from the line of buoyancy), certainly unrelated to the ship’s equipment.
Casings which the operators therefore proceeded to extract, handing them over to the investigators of theanti-drug squad he was born in Economic and Financial Police Unit those in charge of the investigations. The operation, focused on the broader context of combating international drug trafficking, was carried out in constant collaboration with the Central Directorate for Anti-Drug Services he was born in Operations Central Service from the State Police of Rome.
