GNB seizes 1,486 kg of marijuana from a boat off Falcón
The Bolivarian National Guard stopped a go-fast boat off Falcón and arrested three people. The load was 1,485.506 kg of marijuana in 1,726 cakes and 8.856 kg of cocaine in nine cakes, after intelligence work with French customs.
The Bolivarian National Guard arrested three people after stopping a go-fast boat off the coast of
Falcón state.[1][2]The interior ministry said the boarding was carried out by the National
Anti-Drug Command, with naval aviation and the coastal surveillance command.[1]Radio América
named the units as the regional anti-drug intelligence unit URIA-13, Naval Aviation, GNB Zone
Command 13 and Coastal Surveillance Detachment 13.[2]
The load weighed 1,494.362 kilograms in 1,735 cakes: nine cakes of cocaine at 8.856 kilograms and
1,726 cakes of marijuana at 1,485.506 kilograms.[1][2]The ministry said the result came from
joint intelligence with the National Anti-Drug Superintendency and French customs.[1][2]The
three people and the drugs were handed to the public prosecutor.[1][2]The reports do not name
them.[1][2]
Photos and video
Three men stand with National Guard officers and rows of packages in a courtesy photo published with the Falcón seizure.Photo details
Venezuela’s interior ministry said the National Guard, the navy and the French navy seized 1,727.40 kg of marijuana and 1,173.50 kg of cocaine at sea in the Caribbean and arrested four people. The detainees and the drugs were sent to prosecutors.
CICPC officers dismantled the organised crime group "El Clan de Los Salas" in Píritu, Falcón, seizing 274.8 kg of marijuana in 482 cakes from a rural house used as a collection point for shipments to the Caribbean. The 59-year-old owner of the property was arrested and handed to the 21st drugs prosecutor, while the men guarding the load escaped.
Police officers of the Bolivarian National Police (CPNB) intelligence directorate in Nueva Esparta carried out an operation on Cubagua island that ended with two men detained. The officers seized more than 800 kilograms of presumed marijuana packed in 1,529 wrappers, along with GPS devices, mobile phones and a generator.
Bolivarian National Guard troops detained one man at the Corozopando checkpoint in Guárico after finding 20.020 kilograms of suspected marijuana hidden on a public bus. The 27 packages were inside a 70-litre drum, and the man and the drugs were handed to prosecutors.
