FILE PHOTO: Cocaine packages are seen after the seizure of a semi submersible sea vessel loaded with cocaine hydrochloride in Tumaco, Colombia November 4, 2021. Courtesy of Colombian Navy/Handout via REUTERS
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Military and police authorities from more than 40 countries across Europe and the Americas confiscated 145.3 tonnes of cocaine in the eighth phase of Operation Orion, a multinational naval operation against drug trafficking, Colombia's navy said on Monday.
The figure represents the highest amount of cocaine seized during the operation so far.
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