1,120 kg marijuana seized with cocaine in Apure; one held
Joint CICPC, GOES and National Guard teams seized 1,120.6 kg of marijuana alongside 2,442.4 kg of cocaine in Pedro Camejo, Apure, and detained one man. Officers also destroyed a logistics centre, 1,200 litres of fuel and an aircraft at the site.
🇻🇪 Pedro Camejo municipality, Apure state · Venezuela
Joint CICPC, Special Operations Group and Bolivarian National Guard teams seized
drugs in Pedro Camejo municipality in Apure state, on the border with Colombia.[1]Officers detained one man during the operation.[1]
Of the 3,563-kilogram total, 1,047 marijuana panels weighed 1,120.6 kilograms
and 2,071 cocaine hydrochloride wraps weighed 2,442.4 kilograms.[2]Officers
also destroyed a logistics centre (laboratory) together with 1,200 litres of
fuel found at the site and an aircraft.[2]
The Interior Ministry said senior CICPC, GNB anti-drug and anti-trafficking
officials supervised the procedure with prosecution representatives.[2]
Photos and video
Seized drug packages and the detained man. Photo: Ministerio del Interior de Venezuela via ZONA CEROPhoto details
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