Two SUVs, $75,000 in cash and a Glock pistol were also seized in the raid on the exporter`s property on the outskirts of Lima after intelligence work indicated criminal activity, police and the attorney general`s office said in a statement.
Peru is virtually tied with Colombia as the world`s biggest cocaine producer. Drug trafficking from Peruvian ports is believed to have risen since a new law authorizing the military to shoot down drug-smuggling aircraft in the jungle was passed in 2015.
Peru seizes two tons of cocaine in asparagus packages
14 January 2017
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Peru found more than two tons of cocaine hidden in packages of asparagus destined for Amsterdam, and arrested a Serbian man and four Peruvians suspected of running a smuggling operation from a gourmet food business, authorities said on Thursday.
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