Police have most likely seen all manner of strange things illegal drugs have been hidden inside to smuggle them to customers.

But this one seemed especially inventive – that is, until the criminals were busted.

Italian police seized a package containing, yes, hundreds of coffee beans with cocaine inside.

Around 500 beans had been cut open, stuffed with the white powder, and carefully taped closed again with tape. Now that’s dedication.

But despite the apparently carefully planned crime, the name on the package gave the game away.

Officers said their suspicions were initially raised when they saw the name ‘Santino D’Antonio’ on the packets — a mafia boss in the American action film John Wick.

Police intercepted the package after it had been sent from Medellin, in Colombia, to Milan’s Malpensa airport.

Officers followed the package as it was delivered to a tobacco shop in Florence and arrested the 50-year-old man who collected it.

The 2kg package contained 150g of cocaine powder.

Italian police named their operation ‘Caffe Scorretto’ – Improper Coffee – which is a play on the name of a drink in the country called ‘caffe corretto’, or corrected coffee, which is an espresso with a splash of sambuca.

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