🇮🇹‼ Italian police discovered and seized 340 kilograms of cocaine smuggled from Colombia Italian police announced on Friday, 12 Tir, that they had discovered and seized 340 kilograms of high-purity cocaine at the port of Vado Ligure, in the northwest of the country. According to Agence France-Presse, citing Italian police, the shipment, whose value on the market is estimated at around 120 million euros, was hidden among 300 green plantain (plantain) packages sent from Colombia. Based on figures from the “European Union Drugs Agency,” in 2024, about 11 tons of cocaine were discovered and seized in Italy, and a total of 330 tons across the EU member states. According to Agence France-Presse, Europe is one of the world’s largest cocaine consumer markets, and most of this drug is smuggled from South American countries, especially Colombia, through European ports. The main routes for these shipments include the ports of Italy, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. 🔴