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Colombia security forces seize massive cocaine haul
May 24--The Colombian security forces say they have seized a massive haul of cocaine in the port city of Cartagena.
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Sniffer dogs found more than 12 tonnes of the drug hidden in a shipment of brown sugar destined for Mexico.
It is believed to belong to one of Colombia's most powerful drug gangs, the Rastrojos.
In another development, police at Bogota airport arrested a Mexican national who had arrived with $2.8m (£1.7m) in his hand luggage.
Sniffer dogs checking a ship bound for Veracruz in Mexico alerted their handlers to the presence of drugs in the hull of the vessel.
Laboratory tests revealed a large shipment of brown sugar had been laced with cocaine.
Investigative teams are still testing the sugar, which had been packed into 33,450 units of 500g each, to determine the exact concentration of cocaine.
However, officials say it already amounts to more than 12 tonnes of the drug.
It is one of largest hauls of cocaine seized in Colombia over the past years.
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