Agents of the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) and members of the Public Ministry seized a shipment of 201 packages, presumably cocaineduring an inspection in the municipality of Pepillo Salcedo (Manzanillo), in the province of Montecristi.
The shipment was destined for the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
In a press conference held this Sunday in Santiago, Carlos Devers, spokesman for the institution anti-narcoticsindicated that the authorities were alerted for the security of the company Northern Plantationsclose to the Manzanillo dock, due to suspicious movements in the loading area.
“After receiving the information, the agents proceeded to intervene in a container that was loaded with lemons for export. Inside the building, they found 29 contaminated boxes containing 201 packages of the illicit substance,” Devers said.
For this fact, he arrested a man identified as Ramon Rodriguezwho was placed at the disposal of the jurisdiction of Permanent Attention of the province of Montecristi, while the packages of the substance were sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) in Santiago, to determine the type and exact weight of the shipment.
Meanwhile, Others involved are being sought by the authorities.
He Public Prosecutor’s Office and the DNCD An investigation has been launched to dismantle the international drug trafficking network involved in the attempted shipment, and more details are expected to be released as the process progresses.
“The investigative agencies do not rule out that this case is related to other recent seizures, where the networks of drug trafficking “They use loads of agricultural products to send drugs to the United States and Europe,” said the spokesman for the DNCD.
A year that exceeds the figures
The DNCD, in collaboration with the Central Government, the Armed Forcesthe Attorney General’s Office and the State intelligence agencies, continue to hit drug trafficking structures hard.
So far this year, they have seized 22,365 kilograms (22.3 tons) of different drugs, exceeding the seizure figures for 2023.
