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Argentina halts rice 'impregnated with cocaine' en route to Europe

By Hugh Bronstein

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine customs agents found about 30 kg (66 lbs) of cocaine

hidden in a way they had never seen before when drug-sniffing dogs found the drug had been absorbed into grains of rice headed for Europe via Africa, an official said on Wednesday.

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