Police find cocaine hidden in 500 coffee beans; suspects arrested

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Italian police made an odd drug bust after finding around 500 coffee beans filled with cocaine in a package in the city of Milan.

Authorities inspected the parcel after seeing it was addressed to a certain Santino D’Antonio, as per TMZ last Friday, July 17. Santino D’Antonio is a villain in the 2017 film “John Wick: Chapter 2”.

After seizing the beans, officers from Guardia di Finanze cut the beans open and saw the drugs inside. Guardia di Finanza posted a clip of policemen slicing the beans on its Twitter page on the same day.

#Cocaina nei chicchi di caffè. Arrestato dalla #GDF di #Varese, in provincia di #Firenze, un responsabile che ha tentato di importare, all’interno di 2 Kg. di pregiato caffè colombiano, un ingente quantitativo di sostanza #stupefacente.#NoiconVoi pic.twitter.com/CtAvoQA9KD

— Guardia di Finanza (@GDF) July 17, 2020

Upon closer look, they realized that the smugglers used black tape to keep the beans shut after filling them with cocaine. A total of over 130 grams of cocaine were found in the beans, as per a police statement via CTV news also last Friday.

Following the bust, authorities arrested a suspect who allegedly tried to smuggle the drugs and a 50-year-old man who came to collect the package at a store.

Police also noted that the parcel came from Medellin in Colombia and was meant for a tobacco shop in Florence.

According to the report, authorities have since dubbed the case as “caffè scorretto,” which translates to incorrect coffee in English. The phrase is a play on the Italian drink “caffè corretto” or correct coffee, which is made with espresso and a shot of sambuca or brandy. Ryan Arcadio/JB

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