Today's Update..
Italian Police scooped up two tons of cocaine,
wrapped in protective plastic and bobbing in the sea of eastern Sicily,
Authorities said Monday.
A video of the operation was shared online by 'Guardia Di Finanza'
militarized Police Force under the authority of the minister of economy and Finance.
the financial police squad estimated that the recent 'catch' would have fetched about
400 million euros in street sales.
The packages of cocaine in strung together with netting,
Police said in a statement.
There was just enough plastic wrapping to keep the cocaine from getting
wet without weighing it down and possibly sinking it.
Investigators hypothesised that a cargo ship left it in the sea as part of
a scheme for another vessel to come along and another
vessel to come along and eventually bring it to land.
Police aircraft flew over the area of sea as a precaution to spot any
other cocaine bundles that might have separated from the netting.
In all, Police scooped up more than 1,600 packets of cocaine held in
70 bobbing bundles, the statement said.