Over 1.2 tonnes of Paraguayan marijuana seized in a Cochabamba house
Bolivia's FELCN seized 1,224 bricks of marijuana of Paraguayan origin, weighing more than 1.2 tonnes, in a house in central Cochabamba. Two Bolivians were detained for collecting the drugs to send to Chile; two vehicles, four phones and about 1,223 dollars were also seized.
FELCN officers seized 1,224 bricks of marijuana of Paraguayan origin weighing
more than 1.2 tonnes in a house in central Cochabamba.[1]The seizure was
announced by Deputy Minister of Controlled Substances Felipe Cáceres, according
to the state ABI news agency.[1]
Officers detained a 32-year-old Bolivian woman with the initials M.R.A. and a
22-year-old Bolivian man identified as E.Q.[1]According to the deputy
minister, an investigation begun more than six months earlier established that
the two detainees were in charge of collecting the drugs at the house to then
send them to Chile.[1]FELCN officers also seized two vehicles, four mobile
phones and about 1,223 dollars at the scene.[1]
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No exact date for the operation is given; the article says 'el sábado' of 24 May 2015 and the publication date of 26 May is used as the incident date.
No charges, sentence or court outcome for the two detainees was reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
The 1,224 bricks and more than 1.2 tonnes are given as one figure, so the cannabis weight cannot be broken down by product type.
The same communique also reports a separate 66.8 kg of cocaine hidden in a house in the central Chapare, Cochabamba, a distinct event left out of this report.
The same communique also reports a separate seizure of 130 packages (124.1 kg) of marijuana in the town of Uyuni, Potosí, with four detainees of unspecified nationality, a distinct event left out of this report.
The only image on the page is an illustrative SENAD photo of Paraguayan marijuana, not a photo of this seizure.
The La Razón hemeroteca version of the same article returned a 404 and could not be opened as a second source.
In a border operation on the Motacucito–Puerto Suárez road, UMOPAR officers from Puerto Quijarro detained two people and seized 146 packages of marijuana found in two premises, plus six hand-rolled marijuana cigarettes, under the Frontera Segura 2.0 plan. A motorcycle, a vehicle, a property, a .22 calibre firearm and two mobile phones were also seized; no weight was published.
Felcn's detector dog Lía alerted on two bags in the parcel store of an interprovincial transport company in southern Cochabamba. Officers found 42 vacuum-sealed packages that tested positive for marijuana. No weight or arrest was reported.
Police and prosecutors in Bermejo seized 42.2 kg of marijuana plus 4 grams of cocaine from a vehicle that tried to evade a checkpoint. Four people were charged, with two in preventive detention and two under house arrest, a split the prosecution has appealed.
Bolivia's anti-drug force FELCN seized 18 packages of marijuana from an international bus luggage compartment at the Terminal Bimodal in Santa Cruz and another 10 packages testing positive for marijuana and cocaine base paste from a vehicle near San Ignacio de Velasco. The force opened investigations into the shipments without releasing their weight or saying whether anyone was detained.
