Italian police arrested a Spaniard in the port of Civitavecchiain the center of the country, where he disembarked from a ferry from Barcelona with 87 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a false bottom of a truck, it was reported this Friday in a press release.
The drug shipment, distributed in 79 packageswould have a market value of 10 million euros, which constitutes one of the largest caches detected in the port near Rome.
The agents decided to search the vehicle after examining the list of passengers who planned to disembark last Wednesday and “among them was a road tractor with a semi-trailer attached and driven by a carrier of Spanish origin”, details the press release. .
In the early stages of control, “the driver seemed particularly nervous and uncooperative, an attitude that worsened when the police drug dog approached the truck.
After the discovery of the cargo, the driver of the vehicle was placed at the disposal of the deputy prosecutor in charge of investigations, who will have to confirm the arrest.
