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| Peru Police Seize Record Six Tons of Cocaine |
| 2014-08-29 |
| [AnNahar] Peruvian police on Wednesday seized a record six tons of cocaine from a Mexican drugs cartel operating in the country, in what authorities hailed as a major blow to organized crime. The stack of cocaine was found hidden in a shipment of coal in the Peruvian city of Trujillo and was to have been moved on to Spain and Belgium. "We have counted up 85 percent of it and so far we have a bit more than six tons," said General Vicente Romero, who leads Peru's fight against illegal drugs. Two Mexicans and seven Peruvians have been locked away Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! so far in the six-week operation, the Interior Ministry said, adding the drugs belonged to a Mexican cartel, but did not say which one. It was a record seizure of cocaine in Peru, officials said. Mexican cartels also often move drugs to their home country and then on into the lucrative U.S. market. Peru and Colombia are now the world's top cocaine producers, UN data show. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 a mere drop in the bucket. Cost of doing business, they'll kill whoever was responsible, and write it off. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-08-29 19:26 |
| #3 in what authorities hailed as a major blow to organized crime. No pun intended, I'm sure... |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-08-29 09:34 |
| #2 The stack of cocaine was found hidden in a shipment of coal in the Peruvian city of Trujillo and was to have been moved on to Spain and Belgium. This will undoubtedly prompt an administration re-look of the Obama war on coal. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-29 09:29 |
| #1 Damn that's a lot of Cocaine... |
| Posted by: Thusoling Lumplump8632 2014-08-29 09:25 |