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NZ police raid Megaupload guru

New Zealand police on Friday seized a pink Cadillac and a sawn-off shotgun, and froze millions of dollars in cash, after a raid on the fortified mansion of an Internet guru accused of online piracy.

A pink cadillac pictured at a 2008 automobile auction in Arizona. New Zealand police on Friday seized a pink Cadillac and a sawn-off shotgun, and froze millions of dollars in cash, after a raid on the fortified mansion of Internet guru Kim Dotcom, accused of online piracy.

Armed officers swooped on an Auckland property occupied by "Kim Dotcom", whose website Megaupload.com is alleged by US authorities to be involved in one of the largest cases of copyright theft ever.

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