Peru Seizes Three Tons of Cocaine From Shipment of Manure
three tons of cocaine mixed into a shipment of guano bound for Spain.
A four-month investigation led to the seizure at a warehouse in the capital of Lima, anti-drug police Col. Cesar Cortijo said Monday.
Cortijo said the drugs belonged to a trafficking ring that smuggled cocaine out of the country mixed with other products. Four Peruvians and a Colombian were arrested. Police delayed announcing the Dec. 4 raid because it was initially impossible to calculate how much cocaine was mixed with the guano, the nitrogen- and phosphate-rich droppings of birds and bats. Cortijo said the cocaine was destined for Barcelona, Spain...more
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