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Italian police hit Colombian drug gang, seize tonnes of cocaine

Piles of seized money are pictured as part of an international investigation that has dealt a heavy blow to the Colombian Clan del Golfo drugs gang, in this screengrab taken from a video released on June 7, 2022, in Gorizia, Italy. Guardia di Finanza/Handout via REUTERS

Italian police have seized 4.3 tonnes of cocaine with a street value of 240 million euros ($257 million), dealing a heavy blow to the Colombian Clan del Golfo drugs gang, investigators said on Tuesday.

Police said it was one of the largest such seizures in Europe and came at the end of an international investigation that resulted in arrest warrants being issued for 38 people in six countries: Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Colombia.

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