A BOLIVIAN POLICEMAN THROWS A PACKAGE OF COCAINE INTO A FIRE, 1997-03-30 (photo)

An officer of Bolivia's elite anti-drug police force tosses one of more than 1,000 packages of confiscated cocaine base on a fire as the Minister of Government, Carlos Sanchez Berzain (back left), and other authorities witness the incineration on March 29 in this important police barracks in the coca-growing Chapare province. More than 1,260 kilograms of pure cocaine and cocaine base seized in the first quarter of this year were destroyed just one month after Bolivia received a "certification" of approval from the U.S. government for achieving favorable results in the drug battle. BOLIVIA DRUGS