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POLICE SEIZE 142KG OF COCAINE IN CALABRIA
(ANSA) - Goia Tauro, November 6 - Customs police on Friday seized 142kg of cocaine found inside a container which had arrived from South America.
Police said this was the third major haul of the drug the had made in the past few months.
The Calabrian crime syndicate 'Ndrangheta is believed to control the European cocaine market and the interior ministry has calculated that this lone generates some 45 billion euros, or 3% of Italy's GDP, from this trade.


