Argentine borders cops busted a Bolivian diplomat transporting almost eight kilos of cocaine in his vehicle on Tuesday. The Argentine National Gendarmerie pulled over Diego Vega Ibarra at a roadside checkpoint spot along Route 50 the department of Salta after he, and another passenger, crossed the Bolivia-Argentina border. A routine vehicle inspection led the border officers to eight plastic-wrapped bundles of cocaine. In March, Vega Ibarra was assigned to Bolivia's consulate office in the northwestern Argentine city of Oran by former president Evo Morales. The report also found that production in Bolivia is 50 per cent allowed by the government by at least 10,900 hectares.

Source: Daily Mail December 17, 2019 22:07 UTC