He container who arrived in Colombia with almost two tons of cocaine It started its route 33 kilometers from Montevideoin a truck that transported it to the port of the Uruguayan capital. His final destination was Ensenada, Mexicobut failed to get there. In Buenaventura, The Colombian police seized the 1,938 kilos of drugs inside.
In Uruguaythe Narcotic Prosecutor’s Office began to investigate at what time and place the illegal drug was loaded. The merchandise has local origin and inconsistencies were detected on the journey made by the containeraccording to the local newspaper The observer.
Until now, the only fact that is proven is that the operator Uruply to It was not the one who put the drug. The container was not scanned in Montevideo Because the company is certified as a qualified economic operator. This exempts her from her containers being examined when starting the export trip.
The National Customs Directorate He presented videos to the Prosecutor’s Office to contribute to the investigation. In the images the loaded process is seen and the moment in which the container is closed, with the placement of the seal. In those images there is no suspicious manipulation.
Details of the anterior route of the load to export are also known, which consigned the Uruguayan medium. The merchandise departed 33 kilometers from Montevideoon Route 5. The truck that carried it stopped twice, in service stations.
Before arriving in Colombia, The container stopped in Ecuador where a new seal was placed. This decision generates doubts in Uruguay: the port authorities do not know what arguments this decision was made.
One of the hypotheses is that the container arrived in Ecuador without pre -precaution. But, if so, this should have generated an alert. A second scenario is that in that country the drug has been placed.
Uruguayan customs authorities, cited by The observerThey considered that There were “rare movements with merchandise” And they are not sure what happened.
Therefore, There are two places of the journey in which the drug could have been placed: on the road from Route 5 to Montevideo or at the stop that was planned in Ecuador.
Another fact that attracts attention in Uruguay is that Cocaine was transported in a container with compensated wooden plates. It is a merchandise in which cocaine bricks are not usually placed because with a simple inspection the drug can be detected.
Another unknown that has not been clarified is why another seal was placed in Ecuador.
A third element that generates suspicions is a weight difference of 1,800 kilos since the container left Uruguay and the moment in which he arrived in Colombia. On Uruguayan soil, the registry was 24 thousand kilos; When he arrived, there were 25,800 kilos.
The information of the seizure in Colombia was originally disseminated by the Director General of the Police of that country, Carlos Triana. He informed that the seizure represents a millionaire loss for criminal organizations and adds to the results obtained by the institution so far this year. “With this accurate blow to drug trafficking, the finance of organized crime was impacted in more than 63 million dollars and the commercialization of 4.8 million doses was avoided. In the run of the year, the National Police has seized 143.6 tons of cocaine,” said the uniformed in its publication in the social network X.
He Home Office –To the security of Uruguay manages the fact that The boat left on March 14 from the port of Montevideo.
