Cocaine worth $285 million found hidden in banana shipment in Italy
- July 21, 2026 / 1:33 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Italian police on Tuesday said they seized pure cocaine with an estimated street value of $286 million that was hidden inside containers of bananas at a port in northwest Italy.
- It marks the latest instance of the illicit drug being concealed in a shipment of the tropical fruit.
- Some 1,700 pounds of cocaine was concealed in a refrigerated container from Ecuador among dozens of pallets of bananas found at the port of Vado Ligure, police said in a statement.
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- July 21, 2026 / 1:33 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Italian police on Tuesday said they seized pure cocaine with an estimated street value of $286 million that was hidden inside containers of bananas at a port in northwest Italy.
- It marks the latest instance of the illicit drug being concealed in a shipment of the tropical fruit.
- Some 1,700 pounds of cocaine was concealed in a refrigerated container from Ecuador among dozens of pallets of bananas found at the port of Vado Ligure, police said in a statement.
Sources: CBS News