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]]> Algerian authorities have made 20 arrests after seizing more than 700kg of cocaine smuggled aboard a container ship in the port of Oran.

The drugs from Latin America were packed in boxes labelled halal meat.

The Liberian-registered Vega Mercury  was carrying frozen meat from Brazil and had previously docked in Valencia, Spain.

It was due to offload in Algeria’s western port of Oran but suspicions were raised when the captain refused to dock for three days.

Acting on a tip-off from Spanish authorities , the Algerian coastguard forced the boat into port.

Algeria has identified drug trafficking as a top national security threat linked to militancy in the region and put its powerful army in charge of fighting it.

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