Police have seized a container with 1000 kilograms of cocaine disguised as potatoes and frozen chips within the northern Caribbean shores of Colombia, South America.
Greater than 50 folks, in addition to sniffer canine, labored to uncover the medication earlier than they have been shipped from the Port of Cartagena to Spain.
Anti-Narcotics Police Main Common Ricardo Augusto Alarcón Campos mentioned police obtained a tip from an nameless caller concerning the cargo.
"This can be essentially the most revolutionary case found by drug traffickers in recent times, that they had designed the drug in irregular molds simulating croquettes of cassava and papa criolla," Campos mentioned.
"The cooperation and assist of the individuals who handle the maritime terminals within the nation has been elementary, we'll proceed working collectively to search out these accountable and uncover who's behind this cargo."
Colombia's Nationwide Police Main mentioned the counterfeit potatoes and frozen chips positioned have been extraordinarily deceiving, however that the packaging had no expiration date which brought about some suspicion.
"The overview was expensive, every bag needed to be uncovered and every of the frozen tubers needed to be checked, the irregular shapes of the cassava and potatoes as soon as they're peeled and lower into squares aroused some suspicion among the many uniformed males," Campos mentioned.
"At present we reaffirm our dedication within the struggle in opposition to the drug trafficking, that is how we have now been recovering the belief of businessmen and exporters."