Peru and Ecuador police carried out a joint operation that seized more than 1.5 tonnes of marijuana in Aguas Verdes, Zarumilla, Tumbes.[1] The intervention, called Operación Trilogía, combined Peru’s Dirandro with Ecuador’s specialised anti-narcotics units including Piura’s Special Investigations Division.[2] Intelligence work located the cochera Zavaleta, a property used as a collection centre by a Colombia-based trafficking network moving drugs into Peru.[1] No suspects were named, and the prosecutor said investigations continue to identify those responsible and establish criminal liability.[3]

Officers found the marijuana concealed inside 32 metal beams using a sophisticated hiding system.[1] After dismantling the beams, officers recovered 1,957 packages of cannabis sativa type creepy.[1] The load weighed 1,579.5 kg in total.[3] Authorities estimated its value on the Peruvian illicit market at 3,198,750 United States dollars.[1]

The beams were opened at the Aduanas Tumbes site in Corrales with authorities present, where field tests were presumptively positive for cannabis sativa marijuana.[3] The drug was then grouped, weighed, sealed and placed in custody for transfer to the Central Criminalistics Laboratory in Lima.[3]