41.   He, however, refused to provide evidence connecting the local marijuana production to the Colombian cocaine trade.

42.   In recent years, Venezuela has become increasingly important as a transit point for Colombian cocaine bound for the United States and Europe.

43.   Investigators say they are after a transshipment ring that smuggles Colombian cocaine through Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana and on to Canada, mainly through Toronto.

44.   It is believed to smuggle hundreds of tons of Colombian cocaine into the United States each year by bribing Mexican officials.

45.   It reportedly handled money from Colombian cocaine cartels, Arab terrorist Abu Nidal and the CIA.

46.   Jeschek, a resident of France, is wanted there for allegedly running a drug trafficking ring that smuggled at least three tons of Colombian cocaine into French territory.

47.   Light planes dropped bales of Colombian cocaine into shallow waters, which were scooped up by speedboat and packed onto U.S.-bound trucks, authorities said.

48.   Nearly three-quarters of all Colombian cocaine reaching the U.S. markets is believed to be smuggled through Mexico.

49.   Narcotics prosecutor Patricio Candanedo said authorities received information early Tuesday that a ship carrying fruit and vegetables to the United States would also be carrying Colombian cocaine.

50.   Prosecutor Horst Leisen charged in the Koblenz state court that Teshima smuggled about two tons of Colombian cocaine into the United States through Panama, Mexico and Haiti.