Italy’s Guardia di Finanza finance police swooped on the boat 130 nautical miles southeast of Sicily after tracking the vessel from the air for two days, a statement said.

They arrested the captain of the boat, called Quest, and eight crew members, whose nationality was not revealed.

The raid was part of an international anti-drug trafficking initiative called “Libeccio International” – Libeccio being a southwesterly wind that sweeps Italy and Corsica – in which Italy collaborates with a number of other European nations.

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Photo: Luis Robayo/AFP

Source:Thelocal.it