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Tara Cosoleto

Melbourne gangster seeks more material for appeal bid

Rocco Arico was jailed in 2017 for extortion, possessing a firearm and drug trafficking. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Melbourne drug kingpin Rocco Arico has applied for more material to be disclosed in court so he can prove his claim slain gangland lawyer Joseph Acquaro informed against him to police.

Arico, who was jailed in 2017 for offences including extortion, is appealing his convictions in the Victorian Court of Appeal.

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