Police in Italy intercepted a package carrying approximately 500 cocaine-filled coffee beans and turned to a fictional mob boss for a movie.
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The drug raid occurred on Friday after the suspect package with the name “Santino D’Antonio” on it, referring to the Italian mob boss in “John Wick,” was detected by authorities at Milan Malpensa airport. .
“Determined to deepen controls on the package, inside the package they found three envelopes of a typical Colombian coffee, a fairly common product considering the high quality of coffee produced in Colombia, exported worldwide,” said Guardia di Finanza. she said in a statement.
However, upon further inspection, the police realized that the package, which had arrived from Medellín, Colombia, contained 2 kilograms of coffee beans, some of which were packed with 130 grams of cocaine and carefully sealed with dark adhesive tape.
The police followed the package until it was delivered to a tobacco shop in Florence. The 50-year-old owner, an Italian citizen, was arrested.
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Italian police named their operation “Caffe Scorretto,” which translates to English as Improper Coffee, a game about the name of a popular Italian drink called “caffe corretto,” or corrected coffee, which is an espresso with a hint of sambuca.
