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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Marco Aquino

Peru wants U.S. help to stop cocaine trafficking planes

FILE PHOTO: Drugs seized in operations carried out by Peru's National Police in different locations of the country are seen arranged to be presented to the media in Lima, Peru April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

Peru wants to secure a deal with the United States as soon as possible to help it tackle the use of planes to smuggle cocaine at a time when coca cultivation has been growing, the Andean nation's anti-drug chief said on Wednesday.

Peru, one of the world's top producers of cocaine, has been seeking an agreement with the United States since March for "non-lethal" support in intercepting planes transporting illegal drugs.

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