Algeria seizes 165 kgs of cocaine from N Zealand

Algerian police have seized a massive cocaine haul that came from New Zealand concealed in a container meant for powdered milk, a security official told AFP on Tuesday. The 165 kilograms (more than 360 pounds) of cocaine represented one of the largest ever intercepted in the North African country, the security official said. It had been hidden away in the container for powdered milk which was imported by ONIL, a nationally owned company that dominates the Algerian market. Algeria said last year that Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, was reaping large profits from trade in cocaine, allowing them to firm up their presence in North Africa. The drug is distributed in Algeria but also exported