Colombia Seizes 2 Tons of Coke, Most Destined for U.S., With British Flag Label

BOGOTA, Colombia – There's a new brand of cocaine coming out of Colombia: Union Jack.

Colombia's navy on Tuesday seized 2 tons of cocaine, most destined for the United States, in small packages labeled with the British flag from a truck on the country's Caribbean coast, said Adm. Roberto Garcia.

The navy commander for the Caribbean coast said the labels apparently were chosen arbitrarily to indicate which lab produced the cocaine — and have nothing to do with Britain.

"This is the logo that is attached to each shipment to show in which cocaine laboratory the drugs were produced," Garcia said. "Sometimes it's a horse or a cat or a country's flag like we found this time."

Using the laboratory's markings, the navy is trying to determine who is the producer. The driver of the truck was arrested.