The Prosecutor’s Office announced that the operation, carried out on the Terminal Terrestre-Pascuales road, left 20 detainees. The drug was destined for New Zealand.
The Policeman Ecuadorian made the seizure 1.5 tons cocaine in the province of Guayas, the State Attorney General’s Office reported this Friday.
In its Twitter account, the Prosecutor’s Office indicated that in the operation there were 20 detainees and, in addition, cell phones and documentation were seized in an operation carried out in conjunction with the Policeman National in a warehouse on the Terminal Terrestre-Pascuales road. “The drug would be destined for New Zealand,” he said without giving further details.
In the social network, the Prosecutor’s Office posted four photographs in which several rectangular packages lined with black plastic can be seen in a truck. He also presented the photograph of the detainees with blurred faces, as required by law.
#ATTENTION | #Guayas: 1.5 tons of cocaine, 20 detainees, cell phones and documentation seized leaves operation executed by #ProsecutorEc and @EcuadorPolice in a shed on the Terminal Terrestre-Pascuales road. The drug would have as its destination #New Zealand #Prosecutor Against Crime pic.twitter.com/bmnSUhsEvZ
– Ecuador Prosecutor’s Office (@FiscaliaEcuador) October 29, 2021
The Ecuadorian Government is engaged in a fight against the drug trafficking and, among other actions, this same week it put into operation a radar in the province of Manabí, and announced that it will install another in the coastal province of Santa Elena.
Likewise, President Guillermo Lasso announced the next submission for study by the National Assembly of a bill that would authorize the shooting down of irregular aircraft in the national territory, in response to the growing problem of drug trafficking.
“Soon we will present in the National Assembly a law that authorizes the demolition of irregular ships that do not accept the orders of the Ecuadorian Air Force,” said the ruler in a military ceremony.
Until now, Ecuador was a transit country for drug It is produced in Peru and Colombia, although in recent times the authorities recognize that the management model is changing and small laboratories have been found in the northern border area, in addition to growing consumption.
This year, Ecuadorian security forces, with US support, have intercepted a record 146 tons of drug until mid-October, compared to just over 120 in 2020 and 79 in 2019. EFE
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