AT LEAST 18 people have died after a drone attack on a police helicopter and a car bomb in Colombia.

A vehicle filled with explosives blew up near a military aviation school earlier, killing five people and injuring more than 30, cops confirmed.

Meanwhile, authorities said at least 12 died in a drone attack on a helicopter carrying personnel to an area in Antioquia in northern Colombia.

Antioquia governor Andres Julian said a drone struck the helicopter as it flew over coca leaf crops.

One local, who was there at the time of the attack, said they heard a “thunderous” sound of something exploding near the airbase.

Terrifying footage of the wreckage shows devastated vehicles with debris strewn across the road.

Black smoke fills the air as fire burns on the ground in the aftermath of the crash.

Defence Minister Pedro Sánchez referred to the explosion as a “terrorist attack” and blamed the “the narco cartel alias Mordisco”.

Posting online he wrote: “This cowardly attack against civilians is a desperate reaction to the loss of control over drug trafficking in Valle del Cauca, Cauca, and Nariño, where the Public Force has neutralized much of this threat.”

The attacks have been linked to different dissident factions of the now non-existent Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) group.

Following the horrific assaults, the president and and the military leadership announced they would lead a security council meeting to “define additional protection measures” for residents.