Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:17:24 GMT
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Bolivians chew coca leaves for their medicinal properties. |
Bolivia has captured a mammoth cocaine plant in a rural area of Santa Cruz which could produce one hundred kilograms of the illicit drug daily.
The large haul drew the interior minister Alfredo Rada to the area. He described the operation as "the most important hit against drug trafficking in a long time," reported BBC on Monday.
Rada expressed hope that the operations to uproot such processing plants would continue.
The government of President Evo Morales has followed a policy of "zero cocaine" and not "zero coca".
This has put the Andean nation at odds with the United States which claims that by following such a policy the Bolivian government is encouraging the production of the illicit drug.
Bolivia last year ousted the US Drug Enforcement agents, charging them of espionage and sabotage.
The US in turn scrapped trade benefits to the Latin country.
Bolivia is the world's third largest producer of cocaine.
For centuries Bolivians have used coca leaves as a medicinal herb.
RB/DT
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