Peruvian police have seized more than three tons of cocaine in the north of the country. The drug would be smuggled into the US via Central America, police in the South American country announced on Tuesday (local time). Six suspects from Ecuador and Colombia were arrested during the operation. “This was one of the most important operations against drug trafficking this year,” said Chief Prosecutor Daniel Alberto Jara.
Cocaine is produced almost exclusively in the South American countries of Colombia, Bolivia and Peru and is then mainly smuggled to the US and Europe. Drug trafficking causes brutal violence and widespread corruption on transit routes. Latin America is also one of the most dangerous regions in the world, fueled by drug trafficking. (sda/dpa)
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