Colombia has seized 5.2 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas destined for Belgium. The stash, worth an estimated $435 million was found in a container in Turbo's cargo terminal, a port located in Antioquia department on the Caribbean Sea. The drugs allegedly belonged to the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), a paramilitary group that is also the country’s largest drug trafficking organization. The Uraba region lies in the heart of AGC-controlled territory that stretches along the Pacific and the Caribbean coastlines. The shipment was the biggest ever seized by the Neptune anti-narcotics unit. Colombia’s security forces seized 27.6 metric tons of cocaine in January. Last year, a record total of 435 metric tons were seized. |