A Huge Cocaine Lab Was Found Inside a World Heritage Site in Bolivia

[Judi Lynn]

The authorities have found drug labs in the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park before, and many more could still be operating.

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By Luis Chaparro
March 7, 2022, 10:56am

A cocaine laboratory capable of producing two tons of the drug a week was discovered by police inside one of the largest protected wildlife areas in the world.

“This is one of the biggest cocaine-refining structures ever dismantled in the region,” said Brazil’s Federal Police in a statement about the lab, which was found February 28 on the Bolivian side of the park, which straddles the Brazilian and Bolivian border.

The lab was equipped with a sophisticated satellite internet system, an underground generator, and two runways for small airplanes.

Authorities believe the laboratory had been active since 2020, inside the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, one of the largest parks in the Amazon Basin and home to a rich diversity of habitats and flora and bird species. Brazilian police seized similar precursors in the park in July 2021 as part of a two-year investigation.

More:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3n8zy/bolivia-world-heritage-site-cocaine-lab

[Chainfire]

1. Two tons a week?

What would that bring at street level in the US. Is Jr. going to suffer from this loss?