Rome Police said Thursday they have arrested 68 suspected members of an international drug trafficking ring made up of mobsters and businessmen that was about to smuggle eight tonnes of cocaine from Colombia to Italy. The quantity of drugs involved had a street value of 1.7 billion dollars. The cocaine was stashed near the Colombian port city of Turbo. (DPA)
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Police bust cocaine trafficking ring in Colombia
Feb 17, 2017
Rome Police said Thursday they have arrested 68 suspected members of an international drug trafficking ring made up of mobsters and businessmen that was about to smuggle eight tonnes of cocaine from Colombia to Italy. The quantity of drugs involved had a street value of 1.7 billion dollars. The cocaine was stashed near the Colombian port city of Turbo. (DPA)