it foiled a plan to smug le drugs and weapons into the port of gioia tauro.on is being conducted in the dead of night under strict rules of secrecy because this entire area is infested with the local version of the mafia, which means they literally have eyes and ears everywhere. the raids went off without a hitch or violence. at this modest house, only a couple of guns were drawn as a precautionary measure. the suspect, whose face is blurred on italian police orders, wasn't even handcuffed when he was taken away as his wife watched him passively from the front porch. the fbi agent who could not be identified for security reasons said he was not surprised. >> it's a cost of doing business and they understand it's generally easier to just get along without creating a problem. >> so creating a problem is bad for business. >> it is. >> reporter: the fbi and italian police teamed up because gioia tauro is a new drug route that runs from south america and back to the u.s. the raid prevented the delivery of cocaine that was hidden in pineapples and shipments of froz