Officials of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) seized 398 panelas of presumed marijuana, with a gross weight of 210,391 kilograms in the “La Sabana” Sector, Montañas Verde parish in the Pedro León Torres municipality (Carora), located on the Lara – Zulia (Maracaibo), in the state of Lara.
G/D Rafael David Prieto Martínez, commander of the Comprehensive Defense Operational Zone (Zodi) Lara reported on the procedure this Tuesday together with the commander of Zone No. 12 of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), G/B Elvis Durán Lobo.
They explained that a 54-year-old man was arrested when he was traveling aboard a Chevrolet Aveo vehicle from Zulia state bound for Barquisimeto.
They detailed that troops attached to the third company of detachment No. 122 of Command 12 and URIA-12 (Lara), prior intelligence work, discovered a drug shipment hidden in the undergrowth, which was left there, after a pursuit by the police. security officials.
In the event, two vehicles were retained, a silver Cherokee Jeep truck and a Chevrolet Aveo model vehicle.
The man in custody has six police records and the Cherokee vehicle files for theft.
The final destination of the delivery was the city of Barquisimeto, but with the forceful action of the GNB troops they could not achieve their objective, the military authorities stressed in an institutional note.
The case was brought to the order of the Prosecutor’s Office with jurisdiction over drugs of the Public Ministry (MP) of the state of Lara.
To date, this is the third procedure carried out by the Bolivarian National Guard, showing the work and commitment of the FANB and the Citizen Security Organizations that operate in the state of Lara.
The Territorial Defense System is forcefully committed to the frontal and radical fight against the drug trafficking mafias, the military spokesmen said.
