3.2-ton cocaine stash found in Colombia: police
AFP
BOGOTA- Colombian police announced Wednesday they had seized a 3.2-ton shipment of cocaine in the Caribbean port of Cartagena during an operation conducted with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
The shipment was uncovered in a warehouse at the northern port and was ready to be shipped out to Mexico and the United States, police chief Luis Ramirez told reporters.
The drugs, worth some 98 million dollars, according to police, had belonged to highly wanted Colombian drug trafficker Daniel Barrera.
Colombia produces some 600 tonnes of cocaine annually, or more than 60 percent of world's total production, according to the United Nations.
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Colombia produces some 600 tonnes of cocaine annually, or more than 60 percent of world's total production, according to the United Nations.
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