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The massive haul, Liberia's biggest drug bust in history, amounted to nearly 4 metric tons (8,818 pounds)

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Liberian authorities have incinerated a staggering 4.2 metric tons of cocaine, $336 million worth, just days after announcing the country's largest-ever drug seizure and implicating high-ranking police officials in the illicit operation.