Pubdate: Sun, 26 Aug 2001
Source: Quad-City Times (IA)
Section: World Briefs, Pg A15
Copyright: 2001 Quad-City Times
Contact:  http://www.qctimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/857

$35 MILLION IN DRUG MONEY SEIZED

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA   In a joint U.S.-Colombian operation, police discovered 
$35 million Saturday in two upscale apartments - possibly one of the 
largest seizures ever of drug money.

One person was arrested during the raids early Saturday, but was not 
identified in order to pursue other leads.

The money was packed in more than 300 bundles of $100,000 each. $15 million 
was hidden behind a bathroom wall in one apartment in northern Bogota and 
the rest was found packed behind a kitchen wall in the other apartment.
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