Ríos described the bus was intercepted by the law enforcement officers at the Concretec intersection, on the Viacha-El Alto highway.

The drums were camouflaged among sacks of fertilizer, which minimized the smell of the fuel.

On April 13, the Bolivian government made official the country’s energy security with the Policy to Control and Combat Fuel Smuggling, with which it aims to achieve annual savings of about $1 billion.

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