The Italian Navy on Thursaday evening tracked down a speeding big boat trafficking marijuana a few miles off the coast of Mola di Bari, in the region of Apulia
While the military was in hot pursuit, seasoned smugglers on board the powerful boat began dumping the large drug shipment at sea, and escaped on land in the darkness
The military recovered more than 80 packages containing a total of more than 12 tons of marijuana that would have earned more than 14 million euros for traffickers tied to the mafia in Puglia
According to military authorities, this episode confirms that criminal organizations are increasingly turning to the summer season to intensify their illegal trafficking, taking advantage of the opportunity to mingle with the intense flow of boaters who flock to the Apulian seas
