Police have seized over 2 billion PLN worth of cocaine following amonths-long investigation into a Colombian cartel trafficking ring.

The raid at the port of Gdynia which saw officers from three agencies seize the two tonnes of cocaine disguised as chalk is the largest drugs bust in three decades.
Officially marked as chalk, sniffer dogs uncovered the 1,850kg of cocaine hidden inside 74 bags.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was quick to praise the police and tax authorities who used the ‘latest technology’ to track down and pre-empt the traffickers. He said: “On a European scale, it was a very fruitful operation, as it thwarted the spreading of drugs throughout the whole continent.”

Police say the seven traffickers which included four Colombians, one Iranian and two Poles had been under surveillance for months.

Officially marked as chalk, sniffer dogs uncovered the 1,850kg of cocaine hidden inside 74 bags.

The four Colombians and the Iranian arrived in Poland on 30^thNovember from Germany.

Around 600 litres of cocaine in the production phase, several hundred litres of various types of chemicals, laboratory equipment and even a specialized hydraulic press with a mould containing the Colombian cartel logo were also discovered.

They rented a property in Wielkopolska and quickly organized a large-scale laboratory in which cocaine was processed and produced along with the two Polish suspects.

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