Colombia arrests 34 traffickers in major drug bust

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BOGOTA (AFP) – Police in Colombia have arrested 34 members of a massive drug trafficking network that provided drugs largely to the United States, officials here said Thursday.

Officials said a coordinated drug bust dismantled a massive network with a reach that extended to 10 of Colombia's 31 states, called departments, and also involved traffickers in neighboring Venezuela.

"It was an international organization dedicated to drug trafficking along the Colombia-Venezuela-US corridor," Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera told members of the media here.

Rivera said one of the hubs for the narcotics operation was in the central Colombian department of Meta, infamous for its thriving drug trafficking network.

He said the arrests were made with the assistance of US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

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