00:027.6 tonnes of cocaine have been seized by Colombian police at the port of Cartagena,
00:09in what's believed to be the city's biggest cocaine bust in a decade.
00:15Authorities say the shipment was bound for the Netherlands and that drugs had been hidden
00:19inside powdered pennella and unrefined cane sugar.
00:24The operation was carried out by Colombia's anti-narcotics police in coordination with
00:29the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
00:32Colombia's President Abelardo de la Esprea said security forces had now seized 130 tonnes
00:40of cocaine during his government's first 75 days.
00:44Separately, over in the Netherlands, prosecutors confirmed that two Dutch nationals had been
00:49arrested in Colombia at their request.
00:52However, neither Colombian nor Dutch authorities have officially linked those arrests to this
00:58drug bust.
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