( CNN ) -- Bolivian police have seized a massive stash of cocaine diluted inside hundreds of wine bottles , state media reported Thursday . Authorities believe the $ 2 million worth of diluted and solid cocaine is tied to a drug trafficking organization that made shipments to Italy , the state-run ABI news agency said . Police said they arrested a Brazilian suspect in a raid in a residential neighborhood in the city of Santa Cruz . The man tried to kill himself with a pocket knife when authorities cornered him , according to ABI . `` They were diluting it and putting it in bottles that they were going to put wine labels on , '' Marco Centellas , head of Bolivia 's special forces to combat drug trafficking , told the state news agency .
Police believe the cocaine is tied to an organization that shipped drugs to Italy . Some of the cocaine was hidden inside wine bottles . Authorities say the stash was worth about $ 2 million . A suspect allegedly tried to kill himself with a pocket knife .