The Venezuelan-flagged vessel intercepted three days ago in international waters off Nueva Esparta, tried to be sunk by its crew to try to evade the authorities.
The detail was exposed by Richard López, head of the National Anti-drug Superintendency, who stressed that in the peñero Doña Gladys transported 324 kilos of marijuana distributed in 12 packages that would take them to the Lesser Antilles.
The entire crew, made up of 10 Venezuelans and one Colombian, was arrested in the operation that was carried out jointly between Venezuela and France. This is the identity of the detainees: Cruz Alexander Rodríguez Larez, Diandel José Rodríguez Lárez, Alex del Jesús Salazar Rodríguez, Ángel Rafael León Moreno, Abel Felipe Ruíz Henriquez, Inori Encarnación Mata, Jorge Luis Surga Moreno, Carlos José Salazar, Yube Salazar, Andy Guerra and Colombian Hansel Deoro, according to the report.
The specific vessel is owned by Gregoris de Jesús García Mendoza, the Anti-Drug Superintendent said at a press conference.
So far this year, 378 kilos 987 grams of different drugs have been seized throughout Venezuela, during 580 procedures where 735 people were arrested, López said.
Another boat. In another anti-drug procedure, members of the Bolivarian National Guard recovered 22 panelas of marijuana (12 kilos 30 grams) that were abandoned in the Santa Rosa de Aguas sector, Maracaibo municipality, Zulia state.
At that site they also seized a boat and 20 liters of gasoline.
