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Colombian Police seized over 12 tons of cocaine valued at over $360 million in major bust on Wednesday. According to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos this raid became the largest ever seizure in Colombia's history. Reports state that the cocaine was located in the north-western Antioquia province, in four banana plantations near the country's border with Panama. Police reported that the drugs belonged to the trafficking cartel 'the Gulf Clan' and that they arrested four people in connection with cocaine trafficking during their operation.
Colombian authorities report that crop production of the coca leaf, which is used to make cocaine, is at its highest levels in the last seven years. Gavino Garay reports.
Colombian police have found half a tonne of cocaine hidden with packs of frozen strawberry that were bound for Europe. Rough cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
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