Italian police seize 33kg cocaine

March 11, 2013 | Accident / Crime / Disaster | Written by

Rome, March 12: Thirty three kilograms of cocaine was seized at the port of an Italian town Monday, Xinhua reported.

According to ANSA, the drugs worth about five million euros was hidden in a container on a motor vessel, supposed to carry fruit from Colombia to Spain.

With the aid of a digital scanner and canine unit, police discovered the narcotics subdivided in 30 cellophane-wrapped cakes of about one kilogram each.

–Indo-Asia News Service

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