(6 Jun 2002)
1. Accused men paraded into room, covering their heads with their shirts and jackets to avoid their faces being photographed
2. Various of accused men standing between two armed policemen, hiding their faces from photographers
3. Accused men leave in handcuffs
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Interpol spokesman
"Good morning. The DAS (Colombian Secret Service), through its Interpol office and in fulfillment of the orders given by the Attorney General's office, achieved the arrest in the last few hours of two foreign citizens who are wanted in Switzerland and Italy respectively. We are talking about Andre Paul Henri Trachsel and Antonio Todardo. Also, we have provided officers from the Italian police the custody of Estefano Santori as part of the extradition procedure. These men were, are wanted in their countries because of fraud crimes in the international banking community and because of narcotraffic."
5. Accused man in orange jacket handcuffed standing between to police, zoom in to close-up
6. Accused man in green sweatshirt seated
7. Accused man in green sweatshirt standing between police
STORYLINE:
Colombian authorities have arrested an Italian wanted in his own country on drug trafficking charges and a Swiss man wanted in Switzerland for bank fraud.
Antonino Todardo of Italy and Andre Paul Henri Trachsel of Switzerland will be extradited to their respective countries, according to Colombian Interpol director Colonel Rodrigo Gonzalez.
Trachsel has already been extradited from Colombia once, Gonzalez said during a news conference in Bogota on Thursday.
After serving a sentence, he returned to Colombia last year.
Also on Thursday, the Colombian navy discovered 4.2 tons of cocaine hidden in a water tank buried in the sand near the town of Tumaco on Thursday, authorities said.
Officials also found and shut down a training camp of an illegal, right-wing paramilitary group and three laboratories used to turn coca leaves into cocaine.
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