FROM CBS NEWS: Colombia made its largest cocaine bust in a decade, authorities announced Friday, with 14 tons confiscated at its main Pacific port amid tensions with Washington, which has branded Bogota’s anti-drug policies insufficient. Authorities said a canine team helped uncover the massive quantity of hidden drugs.
The seizure in the world’s largest cocaine-producing country comes as the White House has hit President Gustavo Petro with financial sanctions and removed Colombia from the list of allies in the war on drugs.
The cocaine, stored in dozens of 110-pound sacks inside a warehouse, was “camouflaged” in a mixture with plaster, the Defense Ministry posted on X, calling it a “historic blow against drug trafficking.”
The ministry released video of a sniffer dog reacting to the sacks and images of officers using an electronic device to test the contents. Officials said the seizure prevented the circulation of 35 million doses of cocaine valued at over $388 million.
Petro said it was “the largest seizure by the Colombian police in the last decade” and that the operation was carried out “without a single death.”
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