Italian Police Seize Two Tonnes Of Cocaine Floating In The Sea

ITALY – Italian police have seized around two tonnes of cocaine that was found floating off the coast of Sicily, in one of the country’s largest ever finds of illegal drugs.

Some 70 waterproof packages were found held together by fishing nets and equipped with a tracking device.

Police say the drugs have a street value of more than $440 million dollars.

Officers say they believe the drugs were dumped at sea by a cargo ship in order to be recovered later.