Police seize almost 4 tons of marijuana in northern Colombia

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Colombia’s police said Sunday they had seized a shipment of almost 4 tons of marijuana in the north of the country.

According to a report by the country’s Anti-Narcotics Unit, the 3,500 kilograms of the illicit substance were found drying on four different locations on the outskirts of Cienaga, a town in the northern Magdalena department.

The drugs allegedly belonged to neo-paramilitary group the Urabeños, who control most of the drug trafficking activities in the north of Colombia.

PROFILE: Urabeños

The police said the seizure was a “heavy blow” against drug trafficking in the Caribbean region of Colombia.

Cienaga, Magdalena

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