The largest cache of marijuana in the last ten years was seized three days ago in the Puerto Escondido sector, Cabo San Román, Falcón, reported General-in-Chief Domingo Hernández Lárez, head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces ( Ceofanb).
Hernández Lárez offered statements from the Falconian coast, a few steps from Aruba, Venezuelan waters where the task force (civilian and military) sighted a suspicious vessel. When the troops approached the boat, its crew threw heavy objects into the water. They presume they were firearms.
When checking the boat, the military located 121 packages containing 5,063 marijuana panels and seven cocaine panels, explained the head of Ceofanb, having the drug shipment aside.
The marijuana stash added a total weight of 2,856,850 kilos and the cocaine 7,700 kilos.
In the procedure, the 12 Venezuelans who came in the peñero were arrested. “These Venezuelans were hired by Colombians in Alta Guajira, Colombia,” said Hernández Lárez, who stressed that the drug belongs to the La Guajira Cartel. “They aspired to reach Martinique,” said the General in Chief.
The 12 Venezuelans captured were captured in Sucre and Nueva Esparta and taken to Colombia where they prepared the logistics for the transfer of the drug, explained the head of Ceofanb.
Before offering the details of the seized vessel, Hernández Lárez made a tour with the journalists to show them the central command of the nascent Task Force installed in the Paraguaná Peninsula, which includes Buchuaco, Tiraya and Puerto Escondido, among others.
From that command post you can see the island of Aruba. Hernandez Larez He said that this central command was installed eleven days ago after President Nicolás Maduro visited Falcón and ordered the rebuilding of the western entity.
“Seven days after the maritime patrol began, this was achieved,” said the soldier, pointing to the drug panels placed on the shore of the beach. “We want to formalize trade with nearby islands to avoid smuggling,” he said.
Finally, the General in Chief warns of an improvement in relations between Venezuela and Colombia “to work together.”
