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November 1, 2007 · about 19 years ago

Mexico doubles size of huge cocaine haul

Mexico’s discovery of a huge cocaine shipment from Colombia grew even larger on Thursday as the government more than doubled the size of the haul to 23 tons, making it one of the world’s biggest drug busts. Police, navy and customs officers found the drugs, the second major seizure in the past month

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Mexico’s discovery of a huge cocaine shipment from Colombia grew even larger on Thursday as the government more than doubled the size of the haul to 23 tons, making it one of the world’s biggest drug busts.

Police, navy and customs officers found the drugs, the second major seizure in the past month, hidden between plastic floor-covering on a Hong Kong-flagged container ship at the Manzanillo port in Colima state on Tuesday.

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