Cocaine found attached to reefer’s hull

Colombian navy divers have found cocaine inside a cylinder fixed to the hull of a reefer bound for Europe.

Local media said 67kg of the drug worth more than $4m were seized after a check below the waterline on the 547,557-cbf Crown Opal (built 1997) in the Gulf of Uraba.

The ship, operated by Cool Carriers, had left Santa Marta on 26 January, bound for the Dominican Republic, the UK and Belgium.

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