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Police say Italian and U.S. agents have broken up a major cocaine trafficking network linked to the Italian mafia and operated out of a New York Pizzeria. Mana Rabiee reports.
Police uncovered some 67kg (147lbs) of cocaine hidden in hollowed-out pineapples at a Madrid market. Up to a kilo (2.2lbs) of cocaine was packed into individual cylinders, coated in wax and encased in the pineapples, reportedly in Costa Rica, before arriving for distribution in the Spanish capital.
The Spanish police discovered a haul of nearly 40 pounds of cocaine, potentially worth half a million dollars, inside of fake bananas hidden in a shipment of real bananas during an operation in the coastal cities of Malaga and Valencia on Sunday. Footage of the haul was shot in Valencia. No, we're not monkeying around. Some 57 artificial bananas, carrying about 15 pounds cocaine, were found among the real bananas by police. Another 22 pounds of cocaine were reportedly hidden inside the cardboard boxes that carried the bananas. Following the operation, two people were detained on charges of drug trafficking. According to the police, a third person is presently under investigation.
Police in Chile bust an international drug ring and seize more than 232 pounds of cocaine.
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