Italian police seize 'record' haul of cocaine found floating in the sea off Sicily

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Spotted during an aerial patrol, Italian police seized two tons of cocaine found floating off the east coast of Sicily and valued at more than 400 million euros.

Spotted during an aerial patrol, the cocaine is suspected by police to have been left at sea by a cargo ship for subsequent retrieval and transportation to the mainland by a criminal organization, although officials didn't say which group, if any, was suspected.

Organized crime on the island of Sicily has long been dominated by the Cosa Nostra syndicate. Once the most powerful mafia group in Italy, Cosa Nostra has tentacles that reach into the U.S. and around the globe. , after a 30-year manhunt. Locals cheered the capture of the 60-year-old, who once boasted that he could fill a cemetery with his victims.

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