The cargo was hidden in the access stairs to a ship’s hold.
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Coast Guard uniforms found 54 kilograms of cocaine inside a ship, which was located within one of the port terminals of Barranquilla and which was destined to transport cargo to Turkey.
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According to the National Navy, “thanks to the permanent deployment of technical and human capabilities that the naval institution maintains against the transnational crime of drug trafficking, and that on this occasion determined the possible contamination with alkaloids of a high-board motor ship in the Atlantic capital ”.
The drug was found by an anti-narcotics canine team, packed in packages that were stuck under some internal stairs of the ship and that led to one of the warehouses, so in addition to the seizure of the drugs, the authorities are investigating who would be responsible. to spread the drug.
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“This drug was hidden in a warehouse next to a type of coal called coke. Said narcotic was intended to be transported to Türkiye, the next destination of the contaminated ship,” said Lieutenant Commander Juan Ricardo Ortegón Vega.
After the discovery, the authorities moved the seized material to a safe port to carry out the corresponding tests, where in addition to weighing the caches, it was determined that there were 135,000 doses. It is estimated that the cocaine would be valued at 1.8 million dollars.
In addition to this, this Sunday, October 27, the authorities seized more than 3.3 tons of cocaine, valued at more than 113 million, which were on a Go Fast boat that was traveling at high speed in the northern area of San Andrés.
After the pursuit operation, three Colombians and one Honduran, who were on the boat, were captured.
