National Guard officers attached to the Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Command arrested six people in Tucupita, Delta Amacuro, on Tuesday 13 September 2022 on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1] Authorities described the case as the dismantling in Tucupita of the Brownie Magicos group, which sold drug-based desserts, and said the six people seized in the Conas operation were placed at the order of the prosecution service.[1] The armed forces commander, General Domingo Hernandez Larez, said citizens associated with TANCOL groups were detained as they tried to sell marijuana cakes.[2] Those detained were described as the owners of a venture that advertised the sale of happy snacks on Instagram in the city of Tucupita.[2]

Authorities seized 10 cannabis-based brownies with a weight of 1.2 kilograms.[1] Officers also confiscated a vehicle that the group used to dispatch orders.[1] The operation also netted six mobile phones and a Hyundai car, according to the armed forces account.[2] The EFE wire described the brownie detentions as one of two armed-forces operations that day, alongside the capture of four people allegedly crossing Bolivar state with more than 10 kilos of drugs.[3]

The general published the report on his Twitter account at about 5:47 on Wednesday morning.[2] TANCOL is an acronym invented by the Venezuelan government for armed Colombian narcotraffickers that does not refer to any specific gang.[3]