Italian police discovered some 270 kilograms of heroin hidden in a container that arrived aboard a ship from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the biggest such haul in at least 20 years in Italy. The cargo ship had set sail from the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas and stopped off in the German city of Hamburg and the Italian city of Valencia before reaching the Italian port of Genoa on the 17th of October, where police discovered the heroin stashed away in a consignment of Bentonite clay. A police spokesman noted that investigators were not sure when or where the drugs were brought onto the ship. According to the spokesman, the Italian police allowed a small portion of the illicit cargo to continue its planned journey by truck to the Netherlands. They tracked the vehicle as it crossed Switzerland, France and Belgium before reaching the Dutch town of Rozendaal. When the vehicle pulled into a warehouse on the 2nd of November, Italian and Dutch police raided the premises and arrested two men of Turkish origin. Police told TV7 that an extensive investigation is still ongoing.