A kilogramme of marijuana was found headed for Malta from Pozzallo.
The drugs were found in the side panels of a car in an envelope securely wrapped in a diesel-soaked cloth.
Italy’s Gazzetta del Sud reported that the Ragusa Police stopped a car after boarding the ferry to Malta and arrested Michele Artale, 44, and Sandro Lo Presti, 40, both from Ragusa but living in Malta.
They were bringing over a consignment of vegetables.
It is believed that the drugs were wrapped in the fuel soaked cloth to put off sniffer dogs.
According to state police, the drugs seized have a market value of €16,500.