In the port of Vado Ligure, a cargo of 650 loaves of pure cocaine for a total loss of over 770 kilograms. The operation was conducted by the military of the Savona Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza, with the collaboration of colleagues from the Police Unit Economic-Financial Committee of Genoa and together with the officials of the Anti-Fraud Section of the ADM Liguria 3 Office in Savona. The huge consignment of drugs was hidden among dozens of pallets of bananas, inside a refrigerated container from one of the main ports of Ecuador.

This cocaine seizure represents one of the most significant anti-drug operations carried out in recent years in the Stopover from Vadese. The seized drug, if placed on the market, would have generated huge criminal organizations earnings, for an estimated retail value of around 250 million of euros.