Cocaine worth $360m seized in Colombia's 'largest-ever drug bust'

Authorities in Colombia have seized 12 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $360m (€310m) in what President Juan Manuel Santos is describing as the nation's largest drug bust.

Cocaine worth $360m seized in Colombia's 'largest-ever drug bust'

Authorities in Colombia have seized 12 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $360m (€310m) in what President Juan Manuel Santos is describing as the nation's largest drug bust.

Some 400 anti-narcotics officers seized the cocaine in four simultaneous operations at Colombian farms where the drugs were buried underground and covered with banana leaves.

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