Colombian authorities seize a record 8 tons of cocaine on a banana plantation

Authorities in Colombia recovered eight tons of cocaine in a recent raid targeting the Clan Úsuga gang. Dozens of commandos backed by helicopters seized the drugs from a banana plantation near the country's northwestern coast, police said, according to the Associated Press. The drugs were apparently bound for the United States by way of the Caribbean. President Juan Manuel Santos congratulated […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/05/16/colombian-authorities-seize-a-record-8-tons-of-cocaine-on-a-banana-plantation/