Show 8A Standard-Examin- er Friday April 1 1953 National FBI helps crack Sicilian drug ring WASHINGTON (AP) — Plentiful cocaine supplies in the United States helped a major Sicilian Mafia drug ring that exported massive quantities of the drug to Italy and traded it for heroin to sell to US markets the FBI says The FBI and Italian authorities said they cracked the ring on Thursday arresting more than 100 people in both countries and charging dozens more Attorney General Edwin Meese III said trading cocaine for heroin was “a simple matter of economics” Because of the plentiful supconsumption ply and leveled-of- f in the United States cocaine is less expensive here about $20000 a kilogram than in Eu- rope where it costs about $50000 a kilogram he said Heroin on the other hand is more expensive and therefore more profitable in the United States than in Italy Two kilograms of cocaine can be exchanged for one kilogram of heroin in Italy FBI spokesman Gregory Jones said A kilogram equals about 22 pounds Meese said the arrests will have a “significant impact on heroin imports into this country from Italy” but he said he could not say what volume of drugs has been affected By Thursday evening 38 people had been arrested in the United States and 64 in Italy the FBI said An additional 14 were already in US jails A total of 69 arrest warrants were issued in the United States and 164 were to be issued in Italy Some people were being charged in both countries the FBI said Throughout a news conference called to announce the arrests Meese was peppered with questions from reporters about defections from his department because of his own mounting legal problems and about calls from members of Congress for him to resign The attorney general repeatedly refused to answer any questions other than those about the drug case The 69 defendants in the United States include 38 charged in New York City six in Los Angeles and Boston 10 in Charlotte NC eight in San Juan Puerto Rico two in Cleveland and five in Washington DC the FBI said SHOP FRIDAY 10am-9p- m FINAL SAT 10am-6p- DAYS! m have to hurry to take You’ll 2 FINAL advantage of this SPECIAL OFFER! 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