Bolivian police seize US$1m drug mone

LA PAZ (AP):

Bolivian officials say they've found $1 million in a bag tossed from an airplane.

Government Minister Carlos Romero says anti-drug police spotted a man who was signalling to a low-flying plane at a clandestine landing strip. As the plane swooped low, a bag filled with money was tossed out. Romero says police arrested three people and seized two vehicles.

a rifle, and an automatic weapon during an operation in Tigre, a town in Santa Cruz state, on the weekend. The plane was not identified and escaped. He says the operation foiled plans to create a drug factory.

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