WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Mexican and Col****ian officials working with U.S. agents have seized about $41 million in cash hidden in shipping containers, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced Monday.
Col****ian authorities seized $11.2 million in U.S. currency in Buenaventura, Col****ia, on September 9.
The U.S. agency, commonly called ICE, says the seizures were made September 9-18. It called them the largest seizure of cash ever found in shipping containers destined for Col****ia and the largest for the agency since its inception.
According to ICE:
On September 9, Col****ian customs inspectors and Col****ian national police, acting on intelligence reports, seized $11.2 million in U.S. currency hidden in two shipping containers. The containers were aboard a vessel that sailed from the Port of Manzanillo, Mexico, and was headed to Buenaventura, Col****ia. Col****ian customs inspectors said it was the most cash ever seized by police at a port in the nation.
On September 10, a second seizure of U.S. currency estimated at $11.2 million also was made at the Buenaventura port.
On September 11, a shipment of $11 million was discovered hidden inside two shipping containers at the Port of Manzanillo.
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