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Fake cops steal cocaine from lab

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-06-28 14:40

Four thieves disguised as policemen stole 100 kg (220 lb) of cocaine worth some 10 million euros (6.9 million pounds) from a medical laboratory in Milan on Tuesday, Italian police said.

Confiscated drugs on display in an undated photo. Four thieves disguised as policemen stole 100 kg of cocaine worth some 6.9 million pounds in Milan on Tuesday, Italian police said. [AP]

Police said the robbers had pretended to be carabinieri, Italian police, to gain access to the laboratory, then asked two medics to accompany them to the room where the cocaine was stored, wrapped in individual parcels.

There, they tied up the medics with plastic tape, snatched the cocaine parcels and left the laboratory, police said. Police were unable to give details on how the robbers managed to smuggle such a large amount out of the building.