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Caribbean-Latin America
Colombia seizes over 11 tons of cocaine in two days: police
2008-03-16
According to police statistics, the Colombian authorities have seized 24 tons of cocaine already this year, half of last year's total.
Colombian anti-drug authorities have dealt a heavy blow to smugglers in the past two days, seizing more than 11 tons of cocaine, police said Saturday.

At least seven tons of cocaine, heading for the United States and hidden in several containers, were seized in the Caribbean coastal city of Cartagena in northwest of the country Saturday.

On Friday, the police found around 4.3 tons of cocaine at the port of Barranquilla, another Caribbean coastal city in Colombia. The drugs were also hidden in containers, with Mexico as the planned destination.

According to police statistics, the Colombian authorities have seized 24 tons of cocaine this year, half of last year's total.
Posted by:lotp

#8  they don't have to corrupt the us authorities... they can just rent out the Mexican army to ensure the shipments make it ok.
Posted by: Abu do you love   2008-03-16 19:30  

#7  How do you know the Emperors' Club wasn't laundering drug money?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-03-16 19:27  

#6  Colombia seizes over 11 tons of cocaine in two days

How much longer will the kind of money awash from the Cocaine Industry significantly corrupt our Law Enforcement officials?

Keeping in mind that the ever brazen Cartels have the muscle and the cash to corrupt.
AND that it doesn't take but a few rotten apples to flip an entire department, district, town, border crossing, court, judges etc.

/reality, not gloom and doom
Posted by: RD   2008-03-16 19:07  

#5  Colombia seizes over 11 tons of cocaine in two days: police

The mental image of a Pile-SO-High makes my nose hurt.
<|:")
amInormal?
Posted by: RD   2008-03-16 18:54  

#4  5 hrs - Brittney's off it this week
Posted by: Frank G   2008-03-16 16:28  

#3  What's that, 4 hour's worth of consumption in Los Angeles?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2008-03-16 15:44  

#2  Any connection to the contents of that murdered FARC leader's laptop?
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-03-16 14:25  

#1  And they are only three months into the year..
Posted by: tipover   2008-03-16 13:15  

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