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Colombian authorities seize 1.3 tonnes of cocaine
Dec 12, 2011, 19:49 GMT
Bogota - Colombian authorities seized more than a tonne of cocaine in the south-western province of Narino, on the border with Ecuador.
The authorities said Monday that the joint Navy-Police raid took place near the Pacific port of Tumaco when officers attempted to intercept a speedboat. The crew disembarked on the beach and fled, but authorities seized 49 packs of cocaine.
The Navy on Friday seized in the same area an additional 1.1 tonnes of cocaine.
The Colombian Navy said in a statement that the two raids prevented local criminals from receiving a total of '73 million dollars, which the drugs would have fetched on the international black market.'
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