Customs and police officers found more than 883.30 kilograms of marijuana in the native community of San Francisco de Yahuma, in Mariscal Ramón Castilla province, Loreto, Peru’s tax and customs agency Sunat said.[1] Sunat valued the load at more than 78,000 soles.[1] The marijuana was in a fibreglass river boat with a 200-horsepower outboard motor of Brazilian origin, which officers also impounded.[1] The operation was carried out by staff of the Iquitos customs office, the National Police’s anti-drug directorate and the Public Ministry, the prosecutor’s office.[1] Sunat said the seizure neutralised an important logistics structure linked to transnational drug trafficking.[1]

According to the official report, the drug was hidden in a boat in the middle of the Amazon.[2] The authorities said the boat was serving within a logistics structure tied to illegal trafficking in the border area.[2] Infobae said such operations are part of a strategy that prioritises control of river routes and points near the border, where criminal organisations set up logistics hubs to move drugs to neighbouring countries or to maritime routes for international destinations.[2]