Two men suspected of arranging and taking part in the transport of 381 kilograms of cocaine from Colombia have been detained in Croatia.

Two men suspected of arranging and taking part in the transport of 381 kilograms of cocaine from Colombia have been detained in Croatia. The shipment, destined for western Europe, was discovered in a joint action by Croatian and neighbouring Slovenian police in the Slovenian port town of Koper.It was hidden in a container ordered by a Croatian company and arriving on board a ship from the Italian port of Gioia Tauro.The two have been detained for 48 hours and Zagreb Jutranji List daily said there were more suspects they were looking for.The daily added that the two arrested kept silent before the investigative judge.Jutarnji List said that last week two Croats were arrested in Panama on drug smuggling charges, and that among the 23 detained last November in the international police operation dubbed “August,” ten were Croatian nationals.The group is alleged to have smuggled at least 200 kilograms of cocaine since 2000 and the arrests followed an intensive police operation that started in 2006, after a huge haul of cocaine on board a yacht in Colombia.