Venezuela Raids Cocaine Labs on Colombia Border -- New York TimesCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities raided eight drug laboratories near the Colombian border on Thursday, seizing 4.5 tonnes of cocaine in one of the largest hauls in recent times, the interior minister said.
Two Colombian traffickers escaped across the border when Venezuelan helicopters swooped on the site in the state of Zulia, officials said.
"This is one of the most important and biggest operations against illegal trafficking gangs in our nation," Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami told state television.
Venezuela is a major transit route to Europe and the United States for Colombian-produced cocaine.
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My Comment: OK .... I am cynical when it comes to Venezuela. But when I read stories like this one .... I have every right to be.
There is more news on Venezuela's history of drug busts here.
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