Milan, September 11 (LaPresse) – The Reggio Calabria Financial Police have seized 288 kilograms of ultra-pure cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro. The officers intercepted two containers that, following x-ray scans with the port scanner, showed anomalies in the ventilation shafts at the bottom of the structure. The inspection uncovered 249 blocks of cocaine, weighing a total of 288 kilograms, hidden behind the protective panels of the shafts. If released on the market, the drug would have fetched approximately €46 million. Over the past year, over 3 tons of cocaine have been seized in the port of Gioia Tauro, with a market value of nearly €500 million.