The black market price of the illegal cargo is estimated to be 20 billion rubles ($240 million), the agency said in a statement on Friday. The "extra large" batch of cocaine was intercepted by FSB operatives and customs officials at the Great Port of Saint Petersburg in late August, following a tip from "foreign partners," the statement read. The FSB has published footage showing numerous banana boxes containing packages of cocaine. width="560"height="315"src="https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2025.09/68cd2c9e85f5402e9d1bd945.mp4" frameborder="0">This follows a July bust in which the FSB reportedly seized 820kg of cocaine. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warned in June that global cocaine use is soaring, outpacing all other narcotics.