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A Twin Cities man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for his role in a large international drug trafficking operation involving Mexican cartels, which imported millions of dollars worth of meth, fentanyl, and cocaine into Minnesota, with authorities seizing significant quantities and arresting multiple individuals.
Police in Uruguay, with the help of counter-narcotics police in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, have arrested three Italian citizens for smuggling 50kg of cocaine from South America to Europe hidden inside surfboards. The smugglers had stuffed the inside of the surfboards with cocaine, and sniffer dogs alerted officers in Uruguay to the suspicious package. The transatlantic operation was "a model of international co-operation," according to the Uruguayan prosecutor's office.