Italian police find cocaine hidden in coffee beans

Police in Milan's Malpensa airport discovered a package of coffee beans coming from Medellin, Colombia containing 500 beans that had been cut open, stuffed with cocaine powder and carefully taped closed with dark brown tape.

In the two-kilo package of coffee, there were 150 grams of carefully stuffed cocaine.

A police statement said an unusual name on the package first attracted their attention - the name of a young mafia boss, Santino D'Antonio from the recent American action thriller, "John Wick."

The package was addressed to a tobacco shop in Florence.

A police team followed the delivery of the parcel and when a 50-year-old man showed up on his bike to pick it up, he was arrested.

Italian police called their operation "Caffe' Scorretto" – Improper Coffee – a play on the commonly used "caffe' corretto" – corrected coffee -  which is an espresso with a splash of sambuca.

(Image By David Dewitt)