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- Guardia di Finanza seized about 1,700 pounds of cocaine hidden in banana pallets at Vado Ligure port.
- The cocaine was divided into 650 packages and concealed in a refrigerated container from an Ecuadorian port.
- Officials said the haul could be worth €250 million (about $290 million) on the street.
- The bust, described as one of the largest recent anti-drug operations at Vado Ligure, followed analysis of South-America-to-Europe shipping routes.
