Police Seize 155 Kgs Of Cocaine Paste In Southern Peru

Peru’s National Police on Friday seized 155 kilograms of cocaine paste from two individuals travelling on a highway between the southern cities of Cusco and Arequipa. The seizure occurred early Friday and was part of operations surrounding year-end celebrations in Cusco, state news agency Andina reported. The cocaine paste, worth approximately $60,000 in Europe, was being [...]

Milk, no cream… and a dash of cocaine with your coffee? Police seize 68 kilos of cocaine concealed in coffee shipment

Peru anti-drug police seized 68 kilograms of high-purity cocaine, stashed in 500 bags of a coffee shipment due to be exported from the port of Paita, reported daily El Comercio on Friday. The police had followed the cocaine trail north from Lima, and made the intervention when the shipment was about to be loaded onto [...]

Police seize 300 kilos of cocaine in Lima’s largest port, Callao

Peruvian drug enforcement police seized  300 kilos of cocaine stashed in six black suitcases on Sunday as it was being prepared for shipment in a large metal container from Peru’s Callao port to Belgium. One person was arrested. According to Peru’s National Commission for Development and Life Without Drugs, or Devida, 80 percent of Peru-produced [...]

Police prevent $1.6 billion of cocaine trafficked abroad in first months of 2008

Interior Minister Luis Alva Castro announced yesterday that Peruvian police have seized 5.5 tons and prevented another 14.5 tons of cocaine from being trafficked abroad with a street value at some $1.6 billion since the beginning of 2008. Alva Castro said the 5.5 tons of cocaine were seized from various international crime organizations, daily La [...]