A stash of 1.5 tons of cocaine were seized by authorities in the department of Caucain the southwest of Colombia, official sources reported this Saturday, who reported no captures.
He Minister of Defense, Iván Velásquez, He said in his X account that the illicit drugs were in the town of El Bordo, without giving more details of the operation.
Last week, the Colombian Navy and Air Force They seized 4,919 kilos of cocaine that were transported in two semi-submersibles in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, in the department of Nariño (border with Ecuador).
The first boat was manned by three Colombianswho before being caught had opened two valves on the semi-submersible to try to sink it with the 2,700 kilos of cocaine they were transporting.
Then the other semi-submersible was detected, in which two Colombians and an Ecuadorian were traveling, They also opened the valves to prevent the authorities from seizing the device and the 2,219 kilos of cocaine they were carrying.
According to the information of the organized crime investigation center InSight Crime, Colombian authorities seized 739.5 tons of cocaine last year, 450 of which were confiscated in international territories, according to the Ministry of Defense. This represents an increase of 12.1% compared to the 659 tons seized in 2022.
The increase in cocaine seizures is due to The Government has given priority to interdiction.
This is part of the Government’s overall drug strategy, which aims to shift its focus away from coca growers and cocaine users while increasing the capacity of authorities. to seize drug shipments and capture key members of drug trafficking networks.
The areas of both cultivation and production of base paste and cocaine in Colombia have been concentrated in the borders with Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.
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