Italian finance police said Thursday
that they have pulled off one of Europe's biggest-ever drugs
impoundments, seizing 4.3 tonnes of cocaine in the port of
Trieste.
Investigators said the criminal gangs that bought the narcotics
paid around 96 million euros for it and it would have been sold
on the Italian market for a total of around 240 million euros.
Thursday's operation, coordinated by DDA anti-mafia
investigators, saw arrests and other freedom-restricting
warrants executed with respect to 38 suspects.
Around two million euros in cash was impounded too.
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