Colombia: National Army Confiscates More than a Ton of Cocaine

The operation in which this shipment was seized, one of the largest seizures made in Huila, took place at El Marmol, in the municipality of Isnos

The Colombian Army seized more than a ton of cocaine hidden in two trucks that were driving along a road in the southern department of Huila, military sources reported on Monday.

The operation in which this shipment was seized, one of the largest seizures made in Huila, took place at El Marmol, in the municipality of Isnos, where two trucks from the neighboring department of Cauca were intercepted, The Army detailed in a statement.

The criminals, the information added, had “fitted sophisticated compartments hidden in the bottom of trailers”.

There were found 907 packages with 1,020 kilos of cocaine that were to be taken to the “ports of the country”, from where they intended to send to the “international market”.

Huila //Nuestra Policía Judicial SIJIN y uniformados del nuevo servicio de policía, de la @HuilaPolicia judicializaron a una persona que transportaban un poco más de 1 tonelada de clorhidrato de cocaína en jurisdicción de Isnos. pic.twitter.com/gv9RTQSEgF

— Región de Policía No 2. (@Region2Policia) August 12, 2024

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Our Judicial Police SIJIN and uniformed officers of the new police service, the
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One person was prosecuted for transporting just over 1 tonne of cocaine hydrochloride in the jurisdiction of Isnos.

“This seizure represents a severe blow to the finances of criminal organizations engaged in drug trafficking and prevents millions of doses of this substance from reaching national and international streets,” said the Army.

Two men were arrested during the operation and are at the disposal of the competent authorities for the offences of trafficking, manufacture or possession of narcotic drugs. The seizure also involved 15 million pesos (about $3,700) and two trucks.