AMERIPOL Coordinate $123 million drugs seizure
The operation seized 1,539 kilos of cocaine and 5 kilos of amphetamines and was carried out by the Anti-narcotics Directorate in coordination with the National Navy, when it was known from human sources that apparently 10 unknown persons boarded a ship that had departed from Vancouver (Canada) and would transit in the city of Cartagena.
Immediately the National Police arrived at the boat, made the profiling of the containers that were on deck, selecting 20 of them according to the critical routes, which allowed discovering three of them contaminated; In the first container, 28 tulas were found, in the second 15 and in the third eight, for a total of 51 tulas with alkaloid, in addition, five packages with a pink substance were found, once the Approved Preliminary Identification Tests (PIPH) had been performed. it was confirmed positive for cocaine hydrochloride and amphetamines.
Once it left Cartagena, the ship would transit in a port in Valencia (Spain), so it is believed that the drug would be marketed in that country; Five people who did not correspond to the crew were found on the boat, who are linked to the investigation. With this seizure, the National Police affects the finances of organizations dedicated to drug trafficking by more than 123 million dollars and is carrying out an investigative process to determine the transnational network that would be behind these cocaine shipments.
The Anti-Narcotics Directorate of the National Police seized 7,652 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride in Cartagena during 2020 and will continue to block the way to illicit drug trafficking, thanks to the strict controls that are exercised in that maritime terminal in the country; Likewise, it reiterates the invitation to report through the Anti-drug line 167, “Everyone against drug trafficking,” where citizens can report any activity or information related to drug trafficking.
