00:027.6 tonnes of cocaine have been seized by Colombian police at the port of Cartagena,
00:09in what's believed to be the city's biggest cocaine bust in a decade.
00:15Authorities say the shipment was bound for the Netherlands
00:18and that drugs had been hidden inside powdered pennella and unrefined cane sugar.
00:23The operation was carried out by Colombia's anti-narcotics police
00:28in coordination with the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
00:32Colombia's President Abelardo de la Esprea said security forces had now seized 130 tonnes of cocaine
00:40during his government's first 75 days.
00:44Separately, over in the Netherlands, prosecutors confirmed that two Dutch nationals
00:49had been arrested in Colombia at their request.
00:51However, neither Colombian nor Dutch authorities have officially linked those arrests to this drugs bust.
