Officers of the Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico (Felcn), Bolivia’s special force against drug trafficking, identified 42 packages of marijuana hidden in two bolsones, large sacks, inside the parcel-storage facilities of an interprovincial transport company in Cochabamba.[1] The find came during a preventive patrol by anti-drug personnel in the zona sur, the southern part of the city.[1][2] Felcn officers carried out that preventive patrol in the south of the valley capital.[3]

During the intervention the detector dog Lía alerted on two suspicious bags.[1][2] After the review, officers found 42 packages sealed under vacuum and wrapped in transparent film.[1][2] The substance was then subjected to a field test, which was positive for marijuana.[1][2] The bags were in the parcel-storage area of the interprovincial company in the south of Cochabamba, and officers searched them after Lía’s alert.[4] Inside, officers found 42 vacuum-sealed packages wrapped in transparent film, and a field test of the wrappers was positive for marijuana.[4]

Felcn said the detector dog’s work made it possible to identify the controlled substance and to strengthen prevention and control against drug trafficking.[1]