3 tons of cocaine found hidden among bananas at Gioia Tauro

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 31 - Three tonnes of extremely pure cocaine have been found hidden among bananas, peanuts and pepper in three containers in the vast Calabrian container port of Gioia Tauro through which 'Ndrangheta move most of its drugs from South America to keep up its chokehold on the European cocaine trade, police said Friday.
    A heavy vehicle driver has been arrested.
    The coke would have had a street value of over one billion euros, police said.
    'Ndrangheta is Italy's richest and most powerful mafia. (ANSA).