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Paraguay:
661 Acres of Marijuana Destroyed
ASUNCION - The National Anti-Drugs
Secretariat of Paraguay (SENAD) destroyed
661 acres of marijuana in Canindeyu
department, 280 miles north eastern from
this capital in Brazil border.
According to a SENAD report, there were also
burned 7,700 and 4,050 kilograms of minced
and crushed cannabis respectively.
The SENAD text says that destroyed fields
are equivalent to 687 tones of that drug.
By the end of the operation that takes 10
days and was backed by the Federal Police of
Brazil, anti-narcotics agents also
eliminated 70 kilograms of marijuana seeds,
34 rudimentary presses and 34 camps used by
drug producers. Paraguay was cited as one of
the main marihuana producers during 2008. |
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