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Colombian police seize 10.5 tons of cocaine

Monday, October 27, 2008
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BOGOTA -- Police in the Colombian port city of Barranquilla said they seized 10.5 tons of cocaine with a street value of US$1 trillion dollars.

The drugs were found in a truck hidden in cartons with plastic products that were to be loaded on to a freighter bound for Mexico. Colombia is the world's largest producer of cocaine, with an estimated 700 tons a year. This year, police have seized 105 tons of the drug.

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