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17 kg of cocaine seized in Verona

Verona, Italy - A clever solution: they was hidden among the spiny lobsters

A fifty-years-old man coming from Desenzano del Garda (Verona) has devised a system to import drug illegally in Italy. He made himself out to be an international Chef and in his baggage took numerous living spiny lobsters, among which had hidden blocks of cocaine equal to 17 kg. The man with his old mother was coming from Sal Island (Cape Verde) and this morning landed on "Valerio Catullo" airport...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1072299
Rome, Italy, 04/11/2007 17:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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