Two tons of cocaine confiscated in Colombia

[Robbien]

BOGOTA, June 5 (Xinhuanet) -- The Colombian army said on Sunday that its marine corps confiscated two tons of cocaine in the Pacific coast area with the help of the United States.

A spokesman for the Colombian army said the action took place off the southwestern Colombian port of Tumaco which lies on the border with Ecuador.

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Colombia is one of the world's largest cocaine producers with an output of 580 tons per year, amounting to 90 percent of the world's total. Most of the cocaine go to the United States and West Europe.

Last year, more than 100 tons of cocaine was confiscated in Colombia.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/06/content_3049893.htm

[Lucky Luciano]

1. Someone is going to have their body found in a ditch.

[seriousstan]

3. "We" can only hope.

[ebayfool]

2. Ollie North in the neighborhood?

Hey, it helped those tight cash flow problems for RayGun & Poppy!

[BrightKnight]

4. party at the whitehouse - n/t