Ivory Coast police seize record cocaine haul, interior ministry says


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  • Sunday, 24 Apr 2022

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Police in Ivory Coast have seized a record haul of more than 2 tonnes of pure cocaine with a street value of around 41 billion CFA francs ($67.7 million), the interior ministry said on Saturday.

The cocaine was seized from traffickers this month in a police operation that took place in the commercial capital Abidjan and the port city of San Pedro, a ministry statement said.

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