mice from local Mafia, who were keeping the rodents to eat them as part of a bizarre peace-making ritual.Three people were arrested during the police raid, after the officers swooped in on a cannabis farm in southern Italy and found hundreds of the protected dormice on the property.Several cages full of alive mice were found being fattened up for slaughter, whilst 235 dead carcasses were in the freezer, reports The Telegraph.The snack is known to be a particular favourite of the powerful Calabrian 'Ndrangheta Mafia clan, who serve it up to guests at reconciliatory dinners.“When the police have listened to mafia phone calls during investigations into drug trafficking they learned that after disputes between clans they have peace making.
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