BRASILIA: A Bolivian Airforce pilot has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to traffic over $1m worth of cocaine to Brazil.
At a news conference in the capital La Paz, Bolivian authorities presented the seized cocaine packets and the arrested pilot, Jimmy Jos Urzagasti, who was handcuffed and flanked by armed police.
Urzagasti is alleged to have been trying to smuggle around 400kg of cocaine paste when anti-drug forces arrested him in the Inquisivi province.
Minister of Government Carlos Romero claimed Urzagasti was preparing to fly the cargo into Brazil using a small plane.
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