Colombian police have seized five tons of cocaine worth $ 265 million

the national police of Colombia withdrew 4928 kilograms of cocaine intended for shipment to Turkey. This was announced by Director of the anti-drug service of the national police of the country Jorge Ramirez in the video on the social network Twitter.

As noted, the hydrochloride of cocaine that has been mixed with granular rubber, which was heading to the Turkish Republic.

the Minister of defence of Colombia Carlos Holmes Trujillo, noting that the cost of the withdrawn consignment of drugs on the market would be close to $ 265 million, has congratulated colleagues on the successful conduct of special operations.

More than 90 percent of the world’s Coca plantations are concentrated in the “Andean marketreports”, which includes Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. In a small amount of Coca growing in the North-East of Brazil, in the South-West of Venezuela, on the plantations of Panama and Ecuador, reminds RIA Novosti.