(7 Jan 2005)
1. Peruvian authorities standing next to drugs
2. Various of packages of cocaine
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Eduardo Montero, anti-narcotics police chief:
"During this operation, we seized approximately 326 kilos of cocaine."
(Question: We could tell that people packed the cocaine three times. Why is that?)
"Yes, you're right. These packages of cocaine have been packed two or three times. That's how we know the drugs were going to be exported."
4. Packages of cocaine
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Eduardo Montero, anti-narcotics police chief:
(Question: How much would the drugs have been worth if they reached their final destination?)
"If they had reached the United States it would have been worth eight (m) million dollars. In Europe 22 (m) million, and if it had reached Asia, it would have been worth 48 (m) million dollars."
7. Various of cocaine packages
8. Various of armed police officer guarding drugs
STORYLINE:
Peruvian police on Thursday displayed 326 kilograms of cocaine they found stashed in a grocery truck in Lima.
The find came as part of a routine operation, authorities said.
The drugs were discovered hidden under groceries on a truck in a working-class neighbourhood of the capital, police claimed.
Anti-narcotics Police Chief Eduardo Montero said the drugs were worth an estimated eight (m) million US dollars in the US market and would have fetched as much as 48 (m) million US dollars in Asia.
The drugs were believed to have come from Peru's southern jungle region.
Peru was once the world's leading producer of coca, but the country has slashed its production by almost three-quarters since the mid-90s, thanks to low coca prices, interdiction, forced eradication of coca fields, and programs to help farmer grow alternative crops.
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