Overview
- The cocaine was concealed within gypsum bales inside shipping containers at the Pacific port and was bound for the Netherlands, police said.
- Trained narcotics dogs flagged the containers, leading to the discovery of 14 tonnes, which authorities described as the largest seizure in more than a decade.
- The National Police estimate the haul would have yielded 35 million doses with an illicit value of about $388.9 million.
- President Gustavo Petro emphasized that the operation resulted in no deaths, and investigators have not identified the criminal group behind the shipment.
- The announcement follows a year of record interdictions and the U.S. decision in September to decertify Colombia’s drug-control efforts and sanction Petro and relatives.