Police In Colombia Seize More Than 8 Tons of Cocaine In 'Largest Ever' Drug Bust! (Cocaine Worth $250 Million)

Biggest drugs seizure in history" in Colombia

Colombian national police seized some 8 tons of cocaine along the country's border with Panama over the weekend. Officials say the drugs were discovered in an underground chamber beneath a banana plantation. More than 8 metric tons of cocaine worth some $240 million has been intercepted by Colombian police at the border with Panama, in what the country's .

Ranging from Drug Busts that would of yielded more profits than some major high-street brands combined, to drug complexes with 19 laboratories and 8 .
Authorities in Colombia say they believe the drugs belong to a crime gang that U.S. officials are targeting — the Clan Usuga gang. The U.S. has offered a $5 million reward for the capture of the gang's leader, Dario Antonio Usuga David. In a statement, the Defense Ministry said the final stage of the operation began at 6 a.m. local time Sunday in the town of Turbo. Some 50 officers stormed the banana farm and found the drugs hidden under a layer of cement in a small building. Authorities in Colombia have intercepted more than eight tons of cocaine in what they claim to be the country's largest seizure ever.



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