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Bolivia seizes 333 tonnes of marijuana
19 February 2010 | 02:55 | FOCUS News Agency

La Paz. Bolvia has seized 333 tonnes of marijuana, most of it bound for Chile and Brazil, as well as 2.8 tonnes of cocaine since the start of the year, drug czar Felipe Caceres said Thursday, AFP reported.

"Nearly 75% of the marijuana was on the road to Chile and Brazil," the deputy interior minister told reporters, adding that local drug markets were also being supplied.

Caceres, who also heads the government's anti-drug trafficking efforts, said there was concern over the "growing use" of marijuana by university students and adults in Bolivia.He said Bolivian police also seized 2.8 tonnes of cocaine since the start of the year.

Leftist President Evo Morales suspended all anti-drug cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in November 2008 and kicked all DEA agents out of the country, accusing them of encouraging political unrest.

The US government rejected the accusations as "absurd," and warned that an end to US-Bolivian cooperation would only result in increased violence and drug trafficking.

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