A traveler from Colombia was detained by members of the General Customs of the Republic of Cuba (AGR) at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, when he was detected with suspicious capsules in his stomach, reported this Monday the organism in its social networks.
“Through the study using the RX Technique of passengers at the capital airport, a suspect was detected who was carrying 22 capsules ingested with cocaine,” can be read in a post on the Facebook profile of the Cuban institution.
In the same publication, Customs highlights that the positive results of the actions of the AIRCOP office continue to be appreciated inaugurated this year in the Cuban capital.
AIRCOP is a global program of the office of the United Nations against Drugs and Crime (UNODC) that began to be implemented at the beginning of last May in the main Havana airport. From its office in Cuba, operational communication can be established in real time between international airports to counteract organized crime, illicit trafficking of drugs and prevent terrorism.
According to the AGR, the joint task force located in the Cuban capital has a high technical and technological capacity, and highly qualified personnel “who interact fluidly to meet the objectives and obtain better results in the frontal fight against crime.” organized transnational.
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Shortly after its creation, this group made two seizures of cocaine, one from the Colombian city of Medellin and the other from Suriname.
Previously, this group of joint tasks received an induction training that included the participation of 30 agents from 5 different agencies such as the Directorate of Identification, Identification and Immigration; Specialized Anti-Drug Confrontation Body; INTERPOL; Specialized Organ for Counterterrorism and the AGR.
The main objective of AIRCOP is to strengthen investigation, detection and interception capabilities at participating international airports, in addition to the establishment and training of Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces (GTCIA), made up of national law enforcement agencies. on border control.
Cuban Customs Reports New Attempts to Enter Drugs on the Island
According to statistics released by the AGR, in the first six months of the current year, 11 operations of drug trafficking in Cuban airports using passengers as mules/couriers in their transfer, mainly liquid and powder cocaine. That figure equals the number of cases recorded throughout all of 2021.
Cuban customs authorities recognize that there is currently a greater complexity to carry out detection tasks due to the way this drug is masked from its ingestion.
