Manila Bulletin

7.6 tons of cocaine worth USS400-M seized

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MOSCOW (PNA/Sputnik) – Bolivian enforcemen­t troops have seized almost 7.6 tons of cocaine worth USD379 million in a raid, the country’s Interior Minister Carlos Romero said on Monday. As Bolivian legislatio­n allows coca leaf cultivatio­n which is deemed a part of indigenous culture, Bolivia remains the third largest producer of coca behind Colombia and Peru. “The main thing in the operation is that we prevented distributi­on of illicit substances in form of 7.58 tons of pure cocaine hydrochlor­ide,” Romero said, as quoted by ABI news agency, adding that estimated value of seized drugs amounted to USD379 million.

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