Guatemala raids first coca field as drug traffickers expand
MAY 27, 2018 / 12:23 PM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Guatemala raids first coca field as drug traffickers expand
Reuters Staff
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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan anti-narcotics police have seized the first coca field and cocaine lab in the country’s history, officials said on Sunday, adding to a string of discoveries showing traffickers have expanded production into Central America.
The 1-hectare (2.5-acre) field was found Saturday in the mountainous city of Coban, north of the country’s capital, the National Police said in a statement, adding the find was unprecedented.
The value of the seizure was still being calculated, said Pablo Castillo, a police spokesman.
Central America has long served as a transit point for cocaine headed to the United States from South America, where most of the coca plant used to make the drug is grown.
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