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Over 5.5 million dollars worth of drugs were destroyed at Burma Dump on Wednesday 2nd October, 2019. The destruction operation comprised of Cocaine, Cannabis, Cannabis Resin (Hashish) and Ecstasy tablets.<\/p>

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The substances derived from cases that were disposed of in the High Court and Magistrate’s Court, as well as several seizures made by the Police Narcotics Department and Customs.<\/p>\n

A total of 23 kilos 176 grams of Cocaine valued at EC $813,478.00, 1,184 pounds of Cannabis valued EC$4,736,400.00<\/p>

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13 Grams of Cannabis Resin(Hashish) valued at EC$260.00 and 3 Ecstasy tablets valued at EC$150.00 formed part of the bulk of drugs destroyed.<\/p>

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