Here they will turn the coca leaves into coca paste, a brick of dried powder that is just one stop short of pure cocaine. Small amounts of coca are legal for the indigenous who consider it a ...

Coca cultivation in Honduras spread to 16 municipalities in 2024 indicating that the crop has become an established criminal ...

The officers seized 54 bags of cocaine, 850 packets of coca base paste, and 2,000 Peruvian soles (approximately £410), according to local media. All the seized items were displayed on a table ...

Once extracted, the cocaine paste undergoes purification and is converted into the crystalline powder known as cocaine hydrochloride. The end product, often “cut” or diluted with other ...

The now-former Congressman and Sanabria had financed the release of a gang member known as Kanguru, a Bolivian national who allegedly supplied the criminal organization with cocaine paste ...