INSIDECOSTARICA.COM
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LATIN AMERICA
NEWS
| Tuesday
16 November 2010
Drug
Squad
Incinerates
Marijuana
and
Cocaine
in
Paraguay
ASUNCION
-
Paraguay''s
National
Anti-Drug
Secretariat
burned
Monday
more
than
four
thousand
kilograms
of
marijuana
and 50
capsules
of
cocaine
seized
in
procedures
performed
from
2009 to
2010.
The
drugs
were
burned
in the
furnaces
of
Aceros
de
Paraguay,
in the
town of
Villa
Hayes,
34 miles
north of
Asuncion,
and
officials
of the
Public
Ministry
attended,
National
Anti-Drug
Secretariat
said in
a
statement.
The 4.6
tons of
marijuana
were
seized
in an
operation
in the
city of
Pilar,
382
kilometers
south of
Asuncion,
and
cocaine
capsules
in the
Silvio
Pettirossi
international
airport,
the
agency
IPParaguay
said.
The
approximate
value of
the
drugs
incinerated
is close
to 200
thousand
dollars,
according
to the
source.
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