Colombian police have seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine destined for the Netherlands in the port of Carthage.

So announced President Abelardo de la Esprella.

National Police have just achieved the largest cocaine seizure in the port of Carthage in the last 10 years, he wrote at X.

According to Columbia National Police, drugs were hidden among sugar cane and was found by its antinarcotics directorate in a coordinated operation with the American Drug Law Implementation Administration ( DEA.

De la Espriella said security forces had seized 132 tonnes of cocaine, worth about $6.1 billion, in the first 75 days of his government.

There is no truce against narcotics! Any dose that we prevent from reaching the streets saves lives and every dollar we take from them weakens their criminal structures, he added.

Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Service ( OM) confirmed that two Dutch men had been arrested in Colombia. According to the EU Drug Agency, 330 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the EU in 2024, down from 419 tonnes in 2023. /Telegraphy/