An Italian police dog ruined the plans of someone who was reportedly trying to smuggle tons of cash into Florence. Reuters reports that the money was stashed inside of two suitcases. It was found during a routine bus check when a black Labrador, named Elio, sniffed it out. The dog was reportedly wagging its tail repeatedly, around the bags of a passenger.
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00:00 An Italian police dog ruined the plans of someone who was reportedly trying to smuggle
00:04 tons of cash into Florence.
00:06 Reuters reports that the money was stashed inside of two suitcases.
00:10 It was found during a routine bus check when a black Labrador named Elio sniffed it out.
00:15 The dog was reportedly wagging its tail repeatedly around the bags of a passenger.
00:20 Following the dog's warning, police officers opened the passenger's two bags and found
00:24 huge piles of cash.
00:26 A total of 1,075,600 euros was found.
00:31 The alleged smuggler is a Chinese citizen who is a legal resident in Italy.
00:35 According to ITV, she had boarded the bus on the southern island of Sicily and was heading
00:40 to a northern city near the border with France.
00:43 The site notes that the woman was unable to explain the origin of the money, she was temporarily
00:48 detained and the money was seized by the police.
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