Google site 'used by drug gang'
Ten people have been arrested in Brazil after authorities discovered them allegedly using Google's online community site, Orkut, to sell drugs.
The drugs ring was uncovered after police tapped phone calls and monitored online communications through Orkut.
The site, used for building online communities and making contacts, is hugely popular in Latin America.
According to media reports, more than half of the seven million community members are from Brazil.
"We discovered the drug ring first via authorised phone tapping, and later the investigation included monitoring of their activities on the internet," an officer at the Drugs Enforcement Service in Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro, told the Reuters news agency.
"We are aware of the situation and are currently looking into it," Google said in a statement.
"When we are made aware of situations that are against our terms of service we take appropriate action."
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