A “record” amount of cocaine worth €400m (£353m) has been recovered off the coast of Sicily.
Seventy waterproof parcels, weighing a total of two tonnes, were found floating in the sea near the port of Catania.
https://news.sky.com/story/record-haul-of-cocaine-found-floating-off-coast-of-sicily-12859400
A record batch of #cocaine (5.3 tons) was found on a fishing vessel off the coast of Sicily/#Italy. 5 members of the ship's crew were arrested. Another 15 people (citizens of #Azerbaijan, #Turkey, Ukraine) from a Palau-flagged merchant ship carrying drugs were also detained. pic.twitter.com/Ggt8AnuXPI
— Karina Karapetyan (@KarinaKarapety8) July 21, 2023
h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal