Colombian
police seized 575 kg (1,265 pounds) of cocaine bound for Chile on two buses
carrying Colombia fans to a World Cup qualifying soccer match in Santiago.
Police
made the discovery at the weekend in Pasto near Colombia's southern border with
Ecuador and about 400km from Cali from where the buses set out on a road trip
of more than 4,000 km across Ecuador and Peru to Chile.
"These
drugs, hidden inside these buses, were bound for Santiago de Chile and the
method of doing it was by transporting it through some tourists who were going
to see the Colombia-Chile match," Major General Rodrigo Gonzalez,
Commander of the Region Four National Police of Colombia, told reporters.
The
drugs were found in compartments under the bus floors and under the seats of
both drivers, who were arrested.
Chile
host Colombia in Santiago on Thursday in a South American qualifier for the
World Cup finals to be held in Russia in 2018.
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