Cuba must have a national observatory of Drugs (OND) for next July. The body will maintain surveillance over new substances and the phenomenon of emerging drugs, according to Cuban authorities.
It will have a structure that will not exceed four people and will be under responsibility, so far, of the Ministry of Justice, said to Granma Pilar Varona Estrada, Vice Minister of that entity. The official explained that they are still “specifying ideas” of how to conform, the premises and the media it needs.
The Observatory will have an early warning system, which will make decisions and will have “greater effectiveness as a country” to strengthen that “zero tolerance principle”. They would use experts in a cooperate way to conduct investigations, said the official.
For its conformation, the Ministry of Justice and the European Copolad III Cooperation Program, in charge of the Spanish FIIAPP/Cooperation, organized two workshops in which “successful experiences” of other observatories in Latin America and Europe were presented, indicates the Report of Granma.
Recent operational ones
The police of Havana It displays anti -drug operations these days, in which he has arrested vendors and traffickers, and confiscated the illegal substances in his possession.
According to official authorities and media, which highlights the “collaboration between police and community forces” and the “strong echo” of these actions on social networks, it is an “intense exercise of prevention and confrontation of drug use ”
The dissemination of police raids occurs at a time when the authorities themselves have recognized an increase in drug trafficking and consumption in Cuba, amid the deep socio -economic crisis that the island suffers, and have reiterated their position of “zero tolerance” before These facts.
They arrange “chemical” sellers, marijuana and other drugs in police operations in Havana
The operations have been carried out “in denounced areas with an increase in drug use” and “not only seek to dismantle points of sale, but also offer support to young people at risk,” pointed out The Government of Havana.
Internet users and profiles associated with the authorities and the police have followed the operations in neighborhoods of different Havana municipalities, sharing publications with images of police actions, as well as information about detained persons and seized substances, including expanding synthetic drugs as he “chemical“In addition to marijuana and medicines.
The most recent event was released this Thursday by the General Customs, which detected at the Havana International Airport “an international drug trafficking operation.”
Previously, the arrest of a traveler who tried to introduce drugs through this airport was also reported. It was found in possession of 3 kg of methamphetamine and electronic cigarettes with narcotics, refers Cubadebate.
At the moment, neither the Havana or other sources have provided details about the total number of people arrested in police operations. Nor about the amount of drugs and money seized in them.
