Colombia seizes 7 tons of cocaine bound for Europe worth $250 million in biggest haul since 2005

Colombian police intercepted 7 tons of cocaine headed to the Dutch port of Rotterdam in one of the biggest such busts in years.

The narcotics have a street value of at least $250 million and were found stashed in 6,900 tiny packages in a container in this Caribbean port city along with bottles of pineapple conserves. 

The packages were stamped with logos such as 'Yamaha' and 'KIA' indicating the various criminal gangs behind the shipment.

This is the largest bust in the South American nation since 2005

Rodolfo Palomino, head of Colombia's national police said it was the biggest seizure since 15 tons were found along the Pacific coast in 2005. Colombia is one of the world's largest producers of cocaine

'Exceptional intelligence work by our public force ... has made for one of the largest drug seizures in the history of Cartagena, where about seven tons of cocaine were seized, and this destabilizes the finances of criminal organizations,' Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said.