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2.5 tons of cocaine seized in
Colombian-US joint action
Colombian and US coast guards
seized 2.5 tons of cocaine in a
boat in the Caribbean Sea on
Monday and arrested four
Colombians and one Mexican, the
Colombian military said Tuesday.
Admiral Alfonso Diaz, commander
of the Colombian Caribbean Naval
Force, said the seizure was made
some 200 km off the coastal city
of Cartagena, capital of Bolivar
Department.
He said the cocaine was going to
be loaded onto another vessel in
high seas before being
transported to Central America
and the United States.
A total of 13.5 tons of drugs
have been seized in Colombia so
far this year.
Colombia is the largest drug
producer in the world and turns
out 580 tons of drugs each year,
90 percent of the global
production.
Most of the drugs in the country
are destined for the United
States and West European
countries
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