Liberian authorities burn $336 million in cocaine implicating senior police officials
2 metric tons of cocaine worth about $336 million on Thursday, days after authorities announced the country’s largest-ever drug seizure and implicated senior police officials in the trafficking operation.
Liberia's police, the drug enforcement agency and other agencies also burned 237 kilograms (522 pounds) of cocaine valued at more than $19 million that was seized in June at Roberts International Airport.
Liberian authorities said last week they seized nearly 4 metric tons (8,818 pounds) of cocaine with an estimated “street value” of around $317 million, and detained two foreign nationals while investigating what they described as a sophisticated transnational trafficking network.
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