The Colombian authorities have seized a shipment of cocaine with a street value of $540m (£300m) on board a ship in the Caribbean port of Cartagena. They found the cocaine, weighing 2.7 tons (2,700kg), in a disinfectant container during a routine inspection. The police said the Italian-registered vessel was bound for Mexico. Since January, three tons of cocaine have been seized in Cartagena, 1,100km (685 miles) north of the capital Bogota, police said. Full Story