The Colombian police have seized more than 2,000 packets of cocaine at the port of the city of Cartagena. The weight amounts to over two tons – it is a million dollar find.
Cartagena de Indias – Colombian anti-drug investigators have seized more than two tons of cocaine at the port of the city of Cartagena.
We continue to strike hard against drug trafficking. @PoliciaAntiNar seized more than 2 tons of cocaine hydrochloride in the #Cartagena seaport. This alkaloid is valued at more than $ 400 billion. # TodosContraElNarcotráfico pic.twitter.com/5dKFYJrw7n
– Mindefensa (@mindefensa) October 30, 2021
The value of the drug is estimated at more than 400 billion pesos (around 91 million euros), said the Ministry of Defense and the police of the South American country on Twitter on Saturday. Further details were initially not disclosed. According to reports from the Colombian media, the more than 2,000 packets of cocaine were discovered in bags in a container with refrigerators, which was destined for the Dutch port of Rotterdam.
It was only on Friday that the Colombian police announced that in cooperation with the German authorities, 400 kilos of cocaine had been seized from the ports of Cartagena and Hamburg.
On Tuesday, a trial against eleven men began before the Hamburg district court, who are accused of smuggling around eight tons of cocaine from Colombia in sea freight containers through the port of Hamburg in the past year.
Colombia is the most important country of origin of cocaine, followed by Peru and Bolivia, where the coca plant is also grown. Much of the white powder is smuggled into the United States. dpa
