Bin Laden cocaine plot

Osama bin Laden tried to buy large amounts of cocaine, spike it with poison and sell it in the United States, drug enforcement agents say.

His plan failed when Colombian drugs barons told the terror chief it would be bad for their business, according to the New York Post.

Bin Laden allegedly met leaders of a Colombian drugs cartel in 2002, just months after the September 11 attack, with a multimillion-dollar offer for tonnes of cocaine.

The cocaine lords feared retaliation from the US if thousands of Americans died after taking the drug, said the newspaper.