"We do this because you can't raise cattle or corn in this region," Mr. Restrepo said as he fidgeted, shirtless and sweating, beside a waist-high pile of coca leaves.

He emptied a can of kerosene over the waist-high pile of cannabis, then pulled out his lighter and set the flame to a piece of paper.

He came home the second day to find me sitting in the chair, staring into space, surrounded by waist-high piles of vintage clothes, electronic components, books.

The bookshops in Schwabing are cluttered; Anglia is known for leaving its wares in waist-high piles.

Roadside stands now proudly display the bounty: armies of plump pumpkins, tangles of speckled cranberry beans, waist-high piles of unshucked corn.

The Captain was no stranger to mass slaughter, but most of his constables were not ready to see bodies heaped up in a waist-high pile.

In front of the door was a waist-high pile of charred and mangled corpses.

The output goes on display beside highways - waist-high piles of gravel; old cement bags packed with crushed stone or powder.

A waist-high pile of navy blue T-shirts is on the floor, almost blocking the entrance.

Only the foundation remained, and a few waist-high piles of crumbling stone spotted with lichen.