Peru Seizes Cocaine Haul Hidden in Giant Squid
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Peruvian police said on Monday they seized nearly 1,540 pounds (700 kg) of cocaine hidden in frozen giant squid bound for Mexico and the United States.
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Police arrested a man near the Spanish border with more than &#36;19 million worth of cocaine stashed in his camping trailer, one of France's biggest roadside drug busts in years, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian special forces on Tuesday  freed 20 foreign tourists who were briefly taken hostage by  protesting coca growers in an Inca temple in the southern city  of Cuzco, police said.
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Paraguayan anti-drug agents seized their biggest cocaine haul in 15 years after searching a small airplane near the border with Brazil, a state prosecutor told Reuters on Thursday.
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Fashioned from a sheet of embossed gold and centuries old, a prized headdress renowned as Peru's equivalent of the "Mona Lisa" has been seized by police.
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Colombia on Thursday seized hundreds of drug stores across the country suspected of money laundering for the Cali cocaine cartel, in the biggest property seizure in Colombia's history.
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CHURIN, Peru - Peru's celebration of the guinea pig included contests for the biggest, the best-dressed - and the tastiest.
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LISBON, Feb 1  (IPS) - Guinea-Bissau is an ideal African springboard for  Latin American mafias to smuggle large quantities of cocaine into  the wealthy European Union market.
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Mexican officials said Monday they have captured a man allegedly involved in shipping nearly half of the illegal drugs moved across the U.S.-Mexico border, the latest in a series of high-profile arrests.
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The tomb complex is laden with artifacts ranging from studiously arranged human remains to extremely rare decorative knives that are Peru's national symbol.
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CULIACAN, Mexico  - From the lush mountain valleys of Peru to America's toughest streets, ruthless Mexican gangs are grabbing control of the multi-billion dollar cocaine and crystal meth smuggling trade.
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Customs officers have uncovered a stash of cocaine hidden in a parcel containing a carving of Leonardo da Vinci&#39;s Last Supper, a Bible, a Crucifix and a statue of the Virgin Mary.
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An Irish trawler scooped up an unusual catch of cannabis worth up to 1.4 million euros (1.9 million dollars) in the Atlantic, customs officials said Tuesday.
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One of the world's most sought after cocaine kingpins was hunted down and captured in Colombia yesterday in the toughest blow against the country's drugs trade in more than a decade.
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Chilean police arrested an Argentine woman allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine to Spain hidden in chocolate-coated alfajores -- cookies popular in the southern nations of South America.
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MEXICO CITY - Smoke billowing from the engine compartment led police to discover a large stash of marijuana hidden aboard a luxury bus, the federal Public Security Department said Thursday.
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The Colombian police captured on Tuesday an important member of the North Cauca Valley, the largestdrug-trafficking ring in the country.