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Rome: 14 drug smugglers arrested in Fiumicino

Rome, Italy - They were carrying 55 kg of cocaine in their luggage

The operation "New Orange" carried out by the Italian financial police at Rome-Fiumicino airport is over: it brought to the arrest of 14 people and to the seize of 55 kg of cocaine. The drug smugglers, coming from Argentina and mainly destined to northern Europe, would have extracted 600,000 doses from this quantity worth about € 20 million. The drug was hidden in bags' cavities and other hiding p...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108367
Rome, Italy, 08/20/2009 14:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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