Coke-A-Nut: Cops Bust Colombian Drug Smugglers With 20,000 Coconuts Filled With Cocaine

Police seized liquid cocaine located inside 19,780 coconuts in a container in the port of Cartagena, Colombia, headed for Genoa, Italy. (Colombian Prosecutor's Office/Zenger)

Colombian Police discovered more than 19,700 coconuts filled with liquid cocaine waiting to be shipped to Europe a few hours later.

The 504 canvas bags containing the fruit were seized in the port city of Cartagena, which looks out onto the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. The shipment was allegedly destined for Genoa in the northwestern Italian region of Liguria.