Feral pigs eat and destroy $22K worth of cocaine hidden in Italian forest

Author: Web Desk

A gang of drug dealers probably thought they were being pretty sneaky when they decided to hide a stash of cocaine worth approximately $22,000 in the woods. Their plan backfired, however, when a bunch of wild boars came upon the illegal packages and showed them no mercy.

The drugs are said to have come from Perugia, ending up in the Italian region of Tuscany. The gang hid them in a forest near Montepulciano while trying to sell them around the city of Arezzo.

It was the drug-related murder of a 21-year-old Albanian in 2018 that made authorities perk up and take note. A group of Albanian nationals, who were linked to the victim, quickly became persons of interest.

Ultimately, police were correct in their assumptions. The probe spanned between September 2018 and March 2019. The cops quickly found out that one of the gang members used a nightclub in Arezzo to peddle his wares.

Of course, they needed clear evidence to ensure subsequent convictions — which the wiretap seems to have taken care of. As it stands, two of the suspects are now under house arrest while the other two are in jail.

However, statistics show that the number of wild boars in Italy has doubled since 2015, with the pigs being responsible for around 10,000 accidents every year since then.