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Biggest drug discovery of all time: eight tons of cocaine seized in Bolivia

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According to the UN, Bolivia is the third largest producer of coca leaves and cocaine in the world after Colombia and Peru. (archive image)

The cocaine has a street value of about $526 million, del Castillo said. The minister said the “biggest cocaine discovery in the history of our country” was made on December 30 in a truck on a road through the Andes. The cocaine was found in a shipment of wooden panels destined for Europe.

According to the minister, four people have been arrested, including a Colombian who was a “big fish” in the drug trade.

According to the United Nations, Bolivia is the world’s third largest producer of coca leaves and cocaine after Colombia and Peru. The country allows the cultivation and distribution of coca leaves for chewing, tea and religious rituals. The cultivation area for the legal market is limited to 22,200 hectares, but some of the coca leaves are diverted for illegal cocaine production. (SDA)

Source: Blick

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