US nets $45m in drugs sting

Dozens of people accused of working for a Mexican drug cartel were arrested in the US yesterday in a multi-state bust that has netted more than $45m (€66.7m) in cash and tons of cocaine, heroin and marijuana, federal officials said.

At least some of the drugs were carried over the US-Mexico border on a bridge made from sandbags partially submerged in the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona, authorities said.