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Oct
Cocaine Worth $500m Found Hidden In Charcoal Shipment Police in Paraguay have found a record 2.3 tonnes of cocaine hidden among a charcoal shipment destined for Israel. They said the drugs had an estimated street value of $500m (£383m). It is the largest drugs seizure police have made in the South American country. The cocaine was found in a container at Terport, a private port in the city of Villeta, near the capital, Asunción. Two people have been detained, one of them a former director of a state TV channel. The police said the cocaine, neatly packed into parcels, was…