Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has

been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run.

Messina Denaro was reportedly detained in a private clinic in

Sicily's capital, Palermo, where he was receiving treatment for

cancer.

He is alleged to be a boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra Mafia

and he was tried and sentenced to life in jail in absentia in

2002 over numerous murders.

More than 100 members of the armed forces were involved in

his arrest.

By Israel Adebiyi