A total of three tons of suspected drugs originating from Norte de Santander, Colombia, were seized this Sunday by the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, in the state of La Guaira.
Journalist Madeleine García indicated that the masterminds and those involved “used a facade of a Venezuelan product packaged with logos of Pharaoh CA coffee and from North Santander they passed through trails until they reached Venezuelan territory.”
He indicated that the alleged product passed through the trails The Vovilleros towards Rubio, Táchira stateand from there with permission it was transferred to the Maiquetía customs.
Inspection in Maiquetía
Garcia said that at the Maiquetía customs, the GNB He followed the required protocol and determined that it was not a special aromatic coffee but a drug.
“The idea [del grupo delictivo] The contract was to hire Conviasa’s cargo service to Afghanistan. The cargo would then arrive in Russia and from there it would be transported on a Turkish plane to Afghanistan. All of this is under investigation. to know and determine “What is behind this case?” said the journalist.
It is worth mentioning that the Conviasa cargo manager, Cesar Perezwho is also president of EMTRASURalerted of the situation and collaborated with the investigation.
Involved persons and criminal data
It has been revealed that the owner of the Café El Faraón marketing company, Daniel Sepúlveda, fled to Cúcuta, Norte de Santander in Colombia. In addition, raids were carried out at the company located in Rubio and elements of criminal interest were collected.
In the first instance A total of 10 people were arrestedeight in Caracas and two in Táchira. Nine phones were also seized.
For this case, the Bolivarian National Guard deals a severe blow to drug trafficking while investigations are still ongoing.
VTV/NA/MQ
