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Colombian Police Make Largest Drug Bust in Country’s History

Colombian police Sunday said they had seized eight tons of cocaine from the country’s most active criminal syndicate, the Usuga clan.

In a statement, police said they found the drugs hidden on a banana plantation near the border with Panama, in Colombia’s northwest Uraba region.

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Each year, police said, the Usuga clan sends tons of cocaine into the United States. U.S. authorities have offered a $5 million reward for the capture of the gang’s leader.

Colombia is the leading coca growing country in the world, and produces 442 tons of cocaine from the crop each year, according to the United Nations.

Read More At: http://www.voanews.com/content/colombia-police-make-largest-drug-bust-in-country-history/3331875.html

Related, last November, Colombian Army killed 12 of the Usuga clan.
http://www.voanews.com/content/colombia-troops-kill-dozen-members-of-usuga-clan-crime-gang/3035599.html
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