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Now playing Next Italy Italian police dogs find 2,700kg of cocaine hidden in banana crates The seized cocaine was of the finest quality, according to Italian police, and would have earned drug traffickers more than €800 million in street sales in Armenia, where it was destined. 16/05/2023
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