Toy cars made of cocaine seized in Italy
October 13th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANSMilan, Oct 13 (IANS/AKI) Italian police Wednesday seized tiny toy cars made entirely of cocaine in a Milan bust that yielded 140 kg of the drug.
The cocaine was also absorbed into clothing and hidden inside large rubber balls.
Sixteen people, mostly Peruvians, were arrested in the operation.
The suspects were part of an international drug trafficking network, police said.
Police also shut down the laboratory where the cocaine was re-converted into powder form.
–IANS/AKI
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