In the Sampierdarena area of the port of Genoa, the financiers of the Provincial Command of Genoa and the officials of the Anti-Fraud Department of the Customs and Monopolies Agency of Genoa have seized 2,109 loaves containing a total quantity of more than two tons of narcotic substance which, following analysis carried out at the time of the check, was found to be pure cocaine. The large batch of drugs was concealed inside 87 jute bags wrapped in nylon nets and is was found inside a container from the South America, departing from one of the main Colombian ports.

If placed on the market, the 2,380 kilograms of the seized drug would have generated earnings for the Criminal organizations estimated to be worth around 1.5 billion of euros.