Lima - Peru found more than two tons of
cocaine hidden in packages of asparagus destined for Amsterdam,
and arrested a Serbian man and four Peruvians suspected of
running a smuggling operation from a gourmet food business,
authorities said on Thursday.
Two SUVs, $75 000 (about R1 million ) in cash and a Glock pistol were also
seized in the raid on the exporter's property on the outskirts
of Lima after intelligence work indicated criminal activity,
police and the attorney general's office said in a statement.
Peru is virtually tied with Colombia as the world's biggest
cocaine producer. Drug trafficking from Peruvian ports is
believed to have risen since a new law authorising the military
to shoot down drug-smuggling aircraft in the jungle was passed
in 2015.