Photo: Colombian Navy / Courtesy
By: The Opinion Updated 30 Nov 2022, 8: 60 am EST
The Colombian Navy detected and intercepted a speedboat in the Gulf of Urabá, at 22 nautical miles from Mulatos, in which they were transporting a large shipment of cocaine.
According to the authorities’ reports, everything happened when a Rapid Reaction Unit of the Coast Guard Station
noticed the presence of a boat that was moving at high speed in the direction of Central America . “The subjects who were crewing the boat, upon noticing the presence of the authorities, carried out evasive maneuvers, for which the sailors began a pursuit that culminated in the maritime interception “, reported the Navy through a statement.
When checking the boat they were found 27 lumps that contained 804 rectangular packages, in which 804 kilograms of cocaine, which supposedly belonged to the Clan del Golfo, the largest criminal organization in that country.
It is estimated that this shipment, with which approximately two million doses of cocaine could be sold, would reach a value up to 22 million dollars in the international market.
During the operation also seized 27 drums with 1, 500 gallons of gasoline. Those captured and the material seized were made available to the competent authorities.
According to figures from the Navy, so far this year the Caribbean Naval Force has achieved the seizure of more than 204 tons of cocaine.
Coca crops in Colombia grew by 38% in 2020, year in which they were registered 204,000 hectares planted, while in 2015 that figure was 204, hectares, according to the annual report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
These figures are the highest recorded in the 30 years that the UNODC Integrated System for Monitoring Illicit Crops (Simci) has been presenting its report annual.
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