Colombia Seizes Nearly 1 Ton of Cocaine Bound for Europe

12.12.2011 [11:00]
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Baku, December 12 (AZERTAC). Drug enforcement agents in Buenaventura, Colombia`s main Pacific port, seized some 750 kilos of cocaine in separate shipments bound for Belgium and Spain, officials said Sunday.

The cocaine was hidden in coffee and polypropylene shipments, the head of the National Police`s drug enforcement unit, Gen. Francisco Patiño, told reporters.

Drug enforcement agents have seized 123.5 tons of cocaine this year, Patiño said.

Agents found 425 kilos of cocaine Wednesday in a 25-ton shipment of polypropylene bound for Spain, the general said.

The cocaine was mixed with the polypropylene, Patiño said, adding that it took his agency`s chemists four days to separate the drug from the thermoplastic polymer, which is used to make packaging materials, textiles and other products.

The smugglers painted the material green, black, yellow, blue and other colors in an effort to throw off police.

Colombia Seizes Nearly 1 Ton of Cocaine Bound for Europe

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