Wednesday's seizure at the port of Buenaventura may be the nation's largest, officials told Caracol Radio.
The money was stashed in plastic bags inside two containers filled with a chemical industrial product, customs chief Nestor Diaz said in an interview with Caracol Radio. Each bag contained $700,000.
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Colombia confiscates $11 million in smuggled cash on ship
Sept 10--Colombian customs agents have seized nearly $11 million in cash smuggled aboard a ship from Mexico, the agency's chief said.
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9 de septiembre de 2009 a las 7:00 p. m.