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Packages containing cocaine seized during a police operation, lie on a dock in the harbour of Porto Empedocle, Italy, on July 21, 2023. Guardia di Finanza/Handout via Reuters
ROME—Italian authorities have seized a record 5.3 tonne cocaine haul being transferred between ships off the southern coast of Sicily, police said on Friday.
The consignment had an estimated value of 850 million euros ($946 million) and five people have been arrested, the Guardia di Finanza said in a statement.
