Colombian authorities have seized more than 1.3 tons of cocaine in the waters of the Colombian Pacific and arrested four people who were transporting the shipment on a boat, military sources reported on Thursday.
The commander of the Tumaco Primary Coast Guard Station, Lieutenant Commander Julián Díaz, said that during the operation, due to adverse weather conditions in the area, the ship sank.
“However, the crew of the Tumaco Coast Guard Station, in the department of Nariño (southwest) managed to recover the cargo, taking it and the personnel to a safe port,” explained the senior officer.
Following analyses carried out by the Technical Criminal and Judicial Investigation Corps (CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office), it was found that the haul involved 1,341 kilograms of cocaine.
The four men of Colombian nationality were arrested for the alleged crime of trafficking, manufacturing or carrying narcotics and placed at the disposal of the Colombian Prosecutor’s Office for prosecution.
Regarding the seizure, the Colombian government said last Tuesday that the United States’ support for the country’s fight against drug trafficking is certification that the new drug strategy and policy approved last year is correct.
“The certification in the fight against drugs is the demonstration of a successful strategy. By taking the anti-drug action from repressing the peasant to seizing the property of the big drug trafficker, we managed to overcome a great social injustice and a lie,” said Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday in a message on his X account.
This comes after the memorandum sent by US President Joe Biden to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was made known, in which he endorses the joint work carried out in Colombia, whom he considers a “close partner.”
EFE
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2024-09-20 03:10:08
