Police in Mauritania find nearly 100 lbs of cocaine hidden beneath bags of cement . Mauritanian authorities made the find while investigating who was behind the smuggling of a previous batch of more than 600 kilograms of cocaine seized after a small plane made an emergency landing at the northern port of Noudhibou in May . It was the West African nation 's biggest drug bust ever . The evidence suggests the region has become a distribution hub for Colombian cocaine . Authorities were investigating another drug case when they found the cache .
Police in Mauritania find nearly 100 lbs of cocaine hidden beneath bags of cement . It was the West African nation 's biggest drug bust ever . The evidence suggests the region has become a distribution hub for Colombian cocaine . Authorities were investigating another drug case when they found the cache .