A joint intervention between the National Police of Peru and the Navy dealt a decisive blow to jungle drug trafficking by intercepting million-dollar shipments ready for international transfer from the Loreto region.
Police officers captured Franklin Rojas Melitón (21) guarding two boats with 160 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride, six long-range military rifles, a pistol, abundant ammunition, outboard motors, cell phones and logistical equipment. The shipment was awaiting transfer to a clandestine runway for shipments to Bolivia via river-air.
Militarized drug trafficking in the Amazon
The presence of heavy weapons confirms the violent escalation of Amazonian mafias, where young people like Rojas, who was recruited for transportation and surveillance, strengthen the firepower of transnational networks. The detainee remains under investigation in Anti-Drug Directorate (DIRANDRO) to dismantle the entire criminal structure.
He Minister of the Interior Vicente Tiburcio He highlighted that 2025 closed with more than 55 tons of drugs destroyed, going from reactive defense to proactive offensive against logistics routes. Loreto reaffirms itself as a critical corridor due to its water and air connections with Boliviaa key scenario in the fight against cross-border organized crime.
