Cycling-Romanian drug bust leads to recovery of Italian team's stolen bikes

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Stab Velodrome, Roubaix, France - October 23, 2021 General view during the women's madison final REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

(Reuters) - Romanian police searching for illegal drugs have recovered 21 bicycles belonging to the Italian track cycling team that were stolen during the World Championships in Roubaix, France, last week.

Police from the Romanian Organised Crime Brigade found the bikes in raids on 14 homes in the city of Galati during a crackdown on a suspected drug-trafficking gang.