Colombian police have discovered 12 tonnes of cocaine in the largest single drug seizure in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
The drugs were found buried in four banana plantations in the north of the country, close to the routes used to smuggle cocaine to the US.<\/p>\n
President Juan Manuel Santos said it was the largest drugs haul in a single police operation.<\/p>\n
The operation is part of an offensive against the powerful Gulf Clan, a drug trafficking gang.<\/p>\n
Police said the drug stash belonged to Dairo \u00dasuga, also known as Otoniel, leader of the Gulf Clan, one of Colombia\u2019s most dangerous criminal organisations.<\/p>\n
The security forces have been trying to capture Otoniel for years.<\/p>\n
Police said they had also arrested four people and estimated that the value of the haul was around $360m (\u00a3275m).<\/p>\n
In the last two months the security forces have seized 20 tonnes of cocaine in Antioquia.<\/p>\n
The Gulf Clan emerged from the remnants of right-wing paramilitary groups that demobilized in 2006 following a government peace deal.<\/p>\n
In September, Otoniel told the government he wanted to turn himself in.<\/p>\n
The government says more than 1,500 members of the gang have been arrested this year and its second-in-command has been killed.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n
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