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Peru destroys over 10 tons of drugs

31 October 2012 04:34 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Peruvian authorities Tuesday incinerated 10.38 tons of drugs seized between July and October, Interior Minister Wilfredo Pedraza said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

The drugs, including 6.7 tons of cocaine paste, 2.5 tons of cocaine, 1.074 tons of marijuana, were confiscated in different anti-narcotics operations carried out by the country’s security forces, said Pedraza.

Since July 2011, when President Ollanta Humala took office, the authorities have destroyed a total of 42.628 tons of illegal drugs, he said.

Pedraza noted that a set of new scanning system had been employed to enhance drug control in the main land, ports and airports.

The government has stepped up the fight against drug cartels, which are believed to have nasty twists with transnational crime groups in Colombia and Mexico.