Bolivia reports biggest-ever cocaine seizure

Bolivia reported its biggest-ever cocaine seizure that more than 8 tons of the drug apparently destined for the Netherlands and found in a massive shipment of timber last month.

The powdered cocaine had a street value of about 526 million USD, the country’s Interior Minister said. Four people were arrested, including a Colombian national Del Castillo described as a "big fish" in the drug trade. Bolivia is the world's third largest producer of coca and cocaine after Colombia and Peru.