ASUNCION, Oct 21 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Paraguayan police have seized a record 2.3 tonnes of cocaine, hidden in a charcoal shipment, headed for Israel, at a port in the city of Villeta, local media reported, yesterday.
Police have arrested a former director of a public television channel, who is accused of being responsible for the shipment, the newspaper, Ultima Hora, quoted the authorities as saying.
The drug bust exceeded the country’s previous record seizure of 2.2 tonnes of cocaine in 2019.– NNN-PRENSA LATINA
