Government Seizes Pharmacy Chain
From Times Wire Reports
Backed by 4,000 police officers, the Colombian government seized control of the nation’s largest pharmacy chain, saying its creation and expansion had been funded by cocaine sales.
Prosecutors and police took over more than 400 stores in 28 cities carrying the name Drogas la Rebaja, or Discount Drugs.
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