Honduras burns 3.3 tonnes of cocaine seized from cartels
By AFP
04 October 2021 |
11:09 am
Members of the Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, set fire to 3.313 kilos of cocaine seized from cartels throughout 2021 in operations across the country.
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