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Madrid, Sep 27 (EFE).- Over 60 suspects belonging to a Balkan drug cartel flooding Europe with cocaine have been charged in an international law enforcement involving eight countries, Europol announced Monday. The operation, which filed criminal reports against 61 suspects, was led by Spain, Croatia, Serbia, Germany, Slovenia, United States, Colombia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. FOOTAGE OF WHAT WAS SEIZED BY SPANISH POLICE AND EUROPOL AND OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY BOTH IN MADRID.SOUNDBITES OF ROBERT FAY, EUROPOL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DRUGS UNIT.
Colombian Police seized over 12 tons of cocaine valued at over $360 million in major bust on Wednesday. According to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos this raid became the largest ever seizure in Colombia's history. Reports state that the cocaine was located in the north-western Antioquia province, in four banana plantations near the country's border with Panama. Police reported that the drugs belonged to the trafficking cartel 'the Gulf Clan' and that they arrested four people in connection with cocaine trafficking during their operation.
Paraguayan police seizes 3,312 kilos of cocaine stashed in rice bags, bound from South America to Europe. The shipment is valued at 1.4 billion US dollars. IMAGES
On en parle : Emission du jeudi 20 novembre 2014
On en parle : Emission du jeudi 20 novembre 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).