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Interpol op nets 100 plus tons of drugs across three continents

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Twelve African countries were part of a multinational Interpol operation targeting drug trafficking networks across three continents.

Operation Lionfish Hurricane, conducted in April and May, saw 615 tons of drugs and illicit precursor chemicals, worth $1.5 billion, seized in 31 countries.

What the international police organisation termed “an unprecedented seizure” of 505 tons of precursor chemicals, used for drugs and explosives highlighted the “significant growth of transnational organised crime groups and their ability to make weapons”.

More than 56 tons of cocaine was confiscated along with 52 tons of marijuana, ketamine, and tramadol.

Read the full story on defenceWeb here.

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