136 kg of marijuana seized on Sveti Stefan ferry truck in Bari
Italy's financial police seized 136 kg of marijuana at the port of Bari from a Macedonian-plated truck that arrived on the Sveti Stefan ferry from Montenegro. The 33-year-old Macedonian driver was arrested for international drug trafficking, and investigators put the load's retail value at at least 1.3 million euros.
At the port of Bari, Guardia di Finanza officers seized just over 136 kilograms
of marijuana from a Macedonian-plated truck that had just landed from the motor
vessel Sveti Stefan, which had come from Montenegro and was bound for
Switzerland.[1]Officers from the customs agency’s anti-fraud office assisted
the financial police in the seizure.[1]The vehicle was a curtain-sided
semi-trailer travelling without cargo.[2]The 134 packets of marijuana were
packed to fit into cavities hollowed out of each of the wooden side boards.[1]The operation was carried out with the help of sniffer-dog units.[1]
The truck’s 33-year-old Macedonian driver was arrested and jailed in Bari.[2]He was to answer a charge of international drug trafficking, and the truck was
seized.[2]Investigators said the marijuana would have earned criminal
organisations at least 1.3 million euros if sold at retail.[2]The truck had
been travelling from Montenegro toward Switzerland when officers stopped it in
Bari.[3]
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The Sveti Stefan ferry, the vessel the seized truck arrived on. Photo: Anto Baković.Photo details
The Vijesti English report, published 24 June 2013, says the seizure happened 'on Saturday'; the Italian reports dated 22 June 2013 confirm the operation, so 22 June 2013 is used as the incident date.
The driver, a 33-year-old Macedonian citizen, was not named in any of the opened reports.
The reports do not say where the marijuana was loaded or where in Montenegro the truck boarded the ferry.
No later court outcome for the driver was reported in the opened sources.
Carabinieri of the Gorizia company found a 37-year-old man smoking a joint on the second floor of the disused Albero alla Transalpina in via Giuseppe Caprin on 10 November 2026 and seized more than two grams of marijuana. The man was taken to the company offices and reported to the Prefecture of Gorizia for possession of drugs for personal use; no arrest was reported.
Guardia di Finanza officers stopped a car in Lario Intelvese and recovered 21.2 grams of hashish thrown away by one of five youths. The youth was reported to the judicial authority for possession for dealing and the drugs were seized.
Carabinieri from the Donori station stopped two unemployed 20-year-olds from Ussana in a car and found a small amount of hashish and a packet of benzodiazepine medicines without a prescription. The pair were reported to the administrative authority and the driver lost his licence; nobody was arrested.
Carabinieri stopped a 35-year-old from Rieti at a checkpoint on State Road 4 Salaria by the disused ex Bosi industrial area in Cittaducale and found about 12 grams of hashish, a precision scale and packaging material in his car and home. He was released pending trial and reported to the prosecutor in Rieti on suspicion of holding drugs for sale.
