Cuba Drugs National Commission Secretary Antonio Ibarra speaks during a news conference in Havana, Cuba, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
HAVANA (Reuters) - The liberalisation of marijuana laws is fuelling drug trafficking but Cuba will not follow the trend of loosening restrictions on marijuana, a government official said on Thursday.
Antonio Israel Ibarra, the secretary of the National Drugs Commission, gave no specific figures for comparison but said Cuba had seized triple the amount of drugs from traffickers so far in 2017 compared with the same period last year.
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