They seize nearly three tons of cocaine on the Santa Marta highway

In addition, authorities seized nearly three tons of cocaine last weekend in a collection center located on the road that leads from Santa Marta to the municipality of Ciénaga.

In the last hours, the authorities seized nearly three tons of cocaine in a collection center located on the road that goes from Santa Marta to the municipality of Ciénaga in the department Magdalena's operation, in which a person was captured, was conducted by the Navy, the Army and the Technical Investigation Unit (CTI) of the prosecutor's office. (This might interest you: they confiscate in Santa Marta 3,390 kilos of cocaine ready to export)

"The raid was conducted in a dump in which were found five buried coves, in which 152 bags were They contained 2,996 cocaine hydrochloride molds "the authorities said. The material found was transported to the Coast Guard Station in Santa Marta, where CTI staff conducted a positive test for cocaine hydrochloride.

According to the investigation, the seized drug belongs to the organized armed group known as The Pachencas who committed crimes in the department of Magdalena. Apparently, the drug was going to be sent by boat from the neighboring department of La Guajira to the United States. (See also: Guatemalan model captured for transporting cocaine into his stomach)

Regarding the second operation, the anti-narcotics police seized a ton of marijuana inside a prison. tractomula at kilometer 25 near the Rumichaca International Bridge, main border crossing between Colombia and Ecuador . According to the authorities, the car, which had an Ecuadorian license plate, was traveling on the road to Chile

However, after an inspection, the police identified several blocks covered with plastic tape and impregnated with a tape. cream which, according to the report, is used in therapeutic treatments to distract the nose of drug dogs . The expert test determined that the substance was marijuana. (Read: seize 4,700 grams of cocaine camouflaged in candy)

Marijuana was on the walls of the body and on the roof of the cellar covered with aluminum foil and icopor avoid, according to the font, X-ray scanner. In total, 728 packages were found in the vehicle and the final weight was 1,048 kilos

Due to the characteristics in which the drug was hidden, the authorities say that the driver of the vehicle had l? intended to reach the port of Guayaquil so that the cargo was subjected to inspections through a scanner that prevents to see in detail the contents of the container. (In the context: World Drug Market, at historical records: UN)

The driver, of Ecuadorian nationality, as well as the seized substance and the immobilized vehicle, were left at the disposal of the competent authorities for investigation by traffic of hallucinogenic substances . "Investigations indicate that this cache would have as final destination the region of Antofagasta in Chile where the Vector drug trafficking organization delinque for territorial control and the routes used by drug trafficking for the diversion of drugs in the south of the country ". The substance is valued at 2.2 million US dollars.