Police seize a tonne of cocaine concealed as potatoes (video)

Police have seized a container with 1000 kilograms of cocaine disguised as potatoes and frozen chips within the northern Caribbean shores of Colombia, South America.

The medicine have been uncovered earlier than they have been shipped from the Port of Cartagena to Spain.

Anti-Narcotics Police Main Normal Ricardo Augusto Alarcón Campos stated police obtained a tip from an nameless caller concerning the cargo.

“This can be probably the most modern case found by drug traffickers lately, they’d designed the drug in irregular molds simulating croquettes of cassava and papa criolla,” Campos stated.

“The cooperation and help of the individuals who handle the maritime terminals within the nation has been elementary, we are going to proceed working collectively to search out these accountable and uncover who’s behind this cargo.”

Colombia’s Nationwide Police Main stated the counterfeit potatoes and frozen chips positioned have been extraordinarily deceiving, however that the packaging had no expiration date which brought about some suspicion.

“The overview was pricey, every bag needed to be uncovered and every of the frozen tubers needed to be checked, the irregular shapes of the cassava and potatoes as soon as they’re peeled and minimize into squares aroused some suspicion among the many uniformed males,” Campos stated.

“At the moment we reaffirm our dedication within the battle towards the drug trafficking, that is how we’ve got been recovering the belief of businessmen and exporters.”

Watch the video beneath.