The drugs were distributed in 85 pressed packages, which were hidden in the fuel tank of the vehicle. Infobae.

In the last three days, the Colombian authorities have managed to seize more than a ton of cocaine hydrochloride, the operations were carried out on the northern and southern borders of the country. The performances have been in charge of the National Policethe Navy and the General Prosecutor of the Nation.

The first seizure was carried out by the National Police, which announced on January 24, 2023 that a shipment of 85 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride fell in the department of La Guajira, which was transported by a 25-year-old young man in the rural area. of riohacha.

The operation was part of the comprehensive strategy against drug trafficking, which is made up of highway controls carried out by the transit and transportation section. On time, the subject was stopped at a checkpoint located at kilometer 23 of the Río Palomino-Riohacha highway.

The man was traveling in a white van, the drugs were distributed in 85 pressed packages, which were hidden in the vehicle’s fuel tank.

“The person captured, along with the seized alkaloid substance, were left at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office for the crime of possession, trafficking and manufacturing of narcotic drugs,” said the National Police statement.

General Prosecutor of the Nation.
General Prosecutor of the Nation.

At the country’s antipode, the Amazon, the National Police required a Peruvian citizen at a checkpoint on a road in Leticia. In the bag she was carrying were four rectangular packages, which when examined by the authorities tested positive for cocaine.

The police opinion determined that it was 4 kilos of coca base. Currently, the Prosecutor’s Office seeks to establish what was the illegal structure to which the shipment would belong.

For this reason, the subject, identified as Adelin Canyo Suárez, was deprived of liberty, the case is followed by the Amazonas section of the prosecution.

The cargo would be valued at 31 million dollars, the criminal group operated in the Colombian Caribbean.  Colombian Navy
The cargo would be valued at 31 million dollars, the criminal group operated in the Colombian Caribbean. Colombian Navy

To this seizure must be added the one executed on January 21 by the Colombian Navyin the department of Magdalena, which managed to retain 930 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride, valued at 31 million dollars, the criminal group operated in the Colombian Caribbean.

“After a thorough search of the area, 29 packages with 864 rectangular packages were found hidden underground, which after carrying out the Approved Preliminary Identification Test – PIPH -, tested positive for cocaine hydrochloride with a net weight of 907 kilograms,” he reported. the public force.

In a second operation, crew members from the Santa Marta Coast Guard Station carried out an inspection of an oil tanker type vessel, which was located 63 nautical miles northeast of Santa Marta, Magdalena, they pointed out from the Navy.

During the procedure, a bustle carrying 23 rectangular packages was found, the subject of Colombian nationality was arrested and the seized material was made available to the Prosecutor’s Office.

The Navy estimates that thanks to the confiscation of these caches, the distribution of approximately 2.3 million doses of cocaine in the international illegal market.

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