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Nicaragua Seizes 500 Kilos of
Coke
Nicaragua National Police
reported Thursday that the
cocaine consignment seized in
Peñas Blanca, some 90 miles
south of the capital on the
border with Costa Rica, is over
500 kilos.
The seizure early Wednesday
morning occurred at the border
post, and it was first announced
that the load was 250 kilos.
The drug was hidden under a load
of 20 tons of scrap metal being
transported to Guatemala in a
truck carrying a Costa Rican
license plate.
The existence of a considerable
quantity of auto oil filters
among the metal and the fact
that metal was full of lubricant
called the attention of the
police, according to the
declaration of local press.
The driver, Nicaraguan citizen,
Manuel Jesus Morales, was
arrested.
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