Colombian Navy Seizes 1000kg of Cocaine in Gulf of Urabá

January 17: The Colombian Navy seized 1,007 kg of cocaine from a cargo ship in the Gulf of Urabá. The contraband was discovered hidden in a container bound for Antwerp in Belgium.

Large-scale seizures of contraband destined for Antwerp are common, with some 40 tonnes of cocaine seized from containers arriving at the port from Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia in 2019.

Source: PVI