World IN BRIEF : COLOMBIA : U.S. Drug Search of 2 Ships Is Assailed
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Colombia complained that U.S. Coast Guard cutters stopped and searched two Colombian ships suspected of transporting cocaine in the Caribbean. It said it lodged a protest at the U.S. Embassy. No drugs were found, it added. The two freighters were stopped separately March 9 about 125 miles north of Colombia. Colombia warned Washington last month that it would not let its ships be stopped and searched without prior Colombian approval.
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