WORLD : Mexico Reports Biggest Drug Bust
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MEXICO CITY — Anti-drug agents have made the biggest heroin bust in Mexico’s history, seizing 119 pounds of pure heroin in the southern Chiapas state, local officials said today.
The heroin, valued at $10 million, was discovered in a clandestine laboratory Monday in the state capital, Tuxtla Gutierrez. Four men were arrested at the site.
Investigators said they extended their search to the central state of Michoacan, where they expected to find hidden fields of poppy, the base from which opium is derived.
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