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Colombian authorities find cocaine haul on German container ship

Colombian authorities have discovered a haul of cocaine hydrochloride in a German-owned container ship, the South American nation’s attorney general said.

The 2006-built Hammonia Emden, owned by Hamburg-based Hammonia Reederei, was found to contain 453 kilos of the drug, with a street value of $27m.

It was docked at the Port of Santa Marta on the Caribbean coast when combined personnel of the national navy and the anti-narcotics police found the drugs.

Cocaine hydrochloride is the drug in powdered form.

Donal Scully

With 28 years experience writing and editing for newspapers in the UK and Hong Kong, Donal is now based in California from where he covers the Americas for Splash as well as ensuring the site is loaded through the Western Hemisphere timezone.
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