Italian police seize 2 tonnes of cocaine off Sicilian coast worth over $440m

Authorities vow to intensify efforts to prevent illegal drugs from entering the country after one of Italy's largest ever drug finds.

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ROME (XNews) — Italian police have made one of the country's largest ever finds of illegal drugs, seizing around two tonnes (2,000kg) of cocaine found floating off the coast of Sicily. The drugs, with a street value of more than €400m ($440m), were discovered in 70 waterproof packages held together by fishing nets and equipped with a tracking device.

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