(16 Sep 2012)
1. Wide of confiscated packages of drugs displayed in rows on the ground
2. Close of cocaine package
3. Tilt up of cocaine packages
4. Close of packaged drugs
5. Police officials testing samples of drugs
6. Close police official testing purity of cocaine
7. Wide confiscated drugs
8. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) General Luis Perez, Director of Colombian Anti-Narcotics Police:
"Our intelligence reports that these drugs belong to the Urabenos criminal gang, whose leader is also known as Belisario. They operate in the Guajira and Magdalena regions."
9. Various of confiscated drugs and police
STORYLINE:
Colombian police seized a little more than 5 tons of cocaine and 7 tons of marijuana in the last three days in different parts of the country, government officials said on Sunday.
Police said the drugs belonged to the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebel group and two drug gangs, the "Rastrojos" and the "Urabenos."
Officers seized the drugs in the regions of Guajira, Norte de Santander, Casanare, Cauca and Valle de Cauca.
Government officials held a news conference in Guajira on Sunday to display the seized drugs.
General Luis Perez, Director of Colombia's Anti-Narcotics Police, said some of the drugs were seized in trucks, while other caches were seized in underground bunkers and in rural drug labs.
The police chief said that at least two people were captured in one of the operations.
Officials say most of the drugs were ready to be sent to Central America, and then on to the United States.
Perez said the seizures were a strong blow against the finances of the rebels.
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