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PUERTO SUAREZ, Bolivia (AP) - 1 of Bolivia’s largest drug labs is now out of business.

Police found the laboratory in the southern Bolivian jungle.

It was capable of producing 245 pounds of cocaine daily.

The head of Bolivia’s Special Anti-Narcotics Force says “It’s 1 of the biggest drug busts in recent years.”

Six Colombians and two Bolivians were arrested at the lab near the town of Izozog (EE’-zoh-zog). Police also seized 35 pounds of cocaine and more than 22 tons of chemicals used to process the drug.

Satellite photos taken by the US Drug Enforcement Agency revealed the location of the lab. Officials say it had been in operation for some time and shipped its product to Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.

Bolivia ranks third among the world’s cocaine-producing nations, behind Colombia and Peru.