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		</div><p><span style="color:#351c75;"><span style="font-size:large;"><i>A gang of suspected drug-dealers in Amsterdam gave the task of guarding their loot to unusually ferocious guards: a pair of fully-grown<span class="highlight"> crocodiles</span>.</i></span></span><br />
<img src="http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/56d1527b1e0000220070ee1f.jpeg?cache=ykr19glzyc" alt="http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/56d1527b1e0000220070ee1f.jpeg?cache=ykr19glzyc" /><br />
<span style="font-size:x-small;"><i>Photo: Bo Tornvig via Getty Images </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size:x-small;"><b>The suspected drug dealers allegedly stashed their cash inside a cage, alongside two fully-grown crocodiles. </b></span><br />
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Police investigating the gang made the unexpected discovery this week, when they arrested 11 suspects, men and women aged between 25 and 55. They also seized 300,000 euros &#8212; the bulk of it locked in a cage with the toothy reptiles.<br />
&#8220;It&#8217;s very unusual for drug dealers to use<span class="highlight"> crocodiles </span>to guard their money,&#8221; said police spokesman Frans Zuiderhoek on Friday.<br />
&#8220;I think they thought it was safer.&#8221;<br />
The suspects, including the owner of the<span class="highlight"> crocodiles</span>, are due to appear before a judge on Friday. Police also seized large quantities of synthetic drugs, firearms and half a million euros&#8217; worth of crystal meth in the haul.<br />
The suspected dealers were delivering drugs to several hundred addresses, including to neighboring Belgium, police said.<br />
The<span class="highlight"> crocodiles</span>, for which the owner had a license, were still in their cage and a friend of the owner was taking care of them, police said.</p>

