221 toy trains seize from bribery suspect, Italy police

Italian investigators have seized 221 toy trains and 126 boxes of collectible stamps from a person suspected of buying them with money amassed through bribes, a finance police document showed on Friday.

As well as the trains, police seized 11 toy tracks.

The suspect admitted to taking 65,000 euros ($69,264) in bribes during an investigation into a system of rigged contracts and favor-trading involving Italy's state-owned motorway operators, the document showed.

He was one of 31 people put under investigation last month for corruption connected to the country's highway manager.