Drug Squad Incinerates Marijuana and Cocaine in Paraguay

ASUNCION - Paraguay''s National Anti-Drug Secretariat burned Monday more than four thousand kilograms of marijuana and 50 capsules of cocaine seized in procedures performed from 2009 to 2010.
The drugs were burned in the furnaces of Aceros de Paraguay, in the town of Villa Hayes, 34 miles north of Asuncion, and officials of the Public Ministry attended, National Anti-Drug Secretariat said in a statement.
The 4.6 tons of marijuana were seized in an operation in the city of Pilar, 382 kilometers south of Asuncion, and cocaine capsules in the Silvio Pettirossi international airport, the agency IPParaguay said.
The approximate value of the drugs incinerated is close to 200 thousand dollars, according to the source.