ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Colombia police make huge cocaine hauls http://cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9811/06/RB001923.reut.html BOGOTA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Police seized and destroyed more than 3,000 pounds (1,375 kg) of cocaine in two separate operations in northern Colombia, authorities said on Friday. Anti-drug agents said the latest hauls brought the total amount of cocaine seized this year in Colombia -- which produces about 80 percent of the world's cocaine -- to more than 44 metric tons. Gen. Alfredo Salgado, operations director of the National Police, said the first batch of cocaine -- totalling 830 pounds (377 kg) -- was dumped at sea on Thursday by traffickers aboard a speedboat as they evaded police capture off the Caribbean coast. Police discovered another stash of the drug, this time totalling more than 2,200 pounds (1,000 kg) on Friday in an all-terrain vehicle in a rural area of northern Cordoba province. Two people were arrested in connection with the drug haul in Cordoba province, which is a stronghold of right-wing paramilitary groups linked to the drug trade. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
