Peru has more than four tons of drugs seized in recent years destroyed 199 drug processing plant

Peruvian Interior Minister Daniel Losada, announced on the 19th, the Peruvian police seized over 4.4 tons of various drugs from January to March this year, 15 JCP.

Losada said at a news conference in Lima, the Peruvian anti-narcotics police in the 2470 major joint anti-drug operations launched nationwide this year. The seized drugs, including 2.7 tons of cocaine paste, 1.44 tons of cocaine hydrochloride, 296 kilograms of marijuana, and a 217 tons of precursor raw material.

Losada said Peruvian police have also stepped up efforts to combat drug-related crimes from the source, this year, destroyed 2554 hectares of coca plantations and 199 drug-processing plants.

Peru is located in South America "Silver Triangle" drug producing areas, is the world's second largest origin of coca leaves, cocaine raw materials, Latin America, three major drug cultivation and production to one. Police projections, the secret coca cultivation area of ​​61,200 hectares, the annual output of cocaine, more than 320 tons. Peru drug trafficking to Europe and the United States, some flows into the South American neighbors.