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Colombia seizes largest amount of drug in history

BOGOTA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Colombian police on Thursday seized 168,000 amphetamine pills, the largest seizure in history.

The drug, worth about 2.5 million U.S. dollars, was discovered in several carton boxes on a truck from Pamplona to the western border city of Cucuta, the police said.

"This is the largest ...

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