The alkaloid is valued at the sum of $55 million dollars.
Thanks to the investigative work and collection of information by units attached to the SIJIN Criminal Investigation Section of Sucre and in development of the Operation called ‘FALCON’, the coordinated and inter-institutional work between units of the Colombian Navy and the National Police allowed the seizure of 1,518 kilograms of high-purity export-type cocaine hydrochloride.
Using available land, sea and air resources, the troops of both forces carried out the operation in the sector known as ‘Boca de Tinajones’, jurisdiction of the municipality of San Bernando del Viento, Córdoba.
The cache was located exactly in the ‘Sicara’ district of that municipality, where an illegal deposit was used by a transnational criminal organization dedicated to the transport and sale of drugs to Central America and finally to the United States markets.
According to judicial police investigations, the drug would belong to the logistics and financial subsystem of the Organized Armed Group GAO Clan del Golfo, and it was established that said structure would be gathering the cache to be used in a shipment with drugs by boat modality. fast; 61 sacks of this illicit substance were presumably destined for North American countries.
This result was achieved thanks to the forcefulness of the public force that spares no effort to guarantee coexistence and security in this area of the Atlantic coast.
It should be noted that members of the Technical Investigation Corps of the Prosecutor’s Office applied the approved preliminary identification test – PIPH to the substance found inside the packages, which was positive for 1,518 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride.
During the operation, no captures were recorded, however, investigations continue to determine those allegedly responsible for guarding and marketing the alkaloid that would be valued at approximately $55 million dollars placed in US territory.
Personnel from the Navy and the National Police seized 1.5 tons of cocaine hydrochloride in the place known as Boca de Tinajones, in the intersection of a branch of the Sinú River with the Caribbean Sea, in the jurisdiction of San Bernardo del Viento (Córdoba).
During the police operation no catches recordedaccording to what was stated by Vice Admiral Juan Ricardo Rozo Obregón, commander of the Caribbean Naval Force.
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With this result, the authorities avoided affecting at least 3.8 million people in the world
The senior officer indicated that the drug was found in the area of the Sicara corregimiento, in a hiding place near the pipe that leads to the sea, and that apparently the drug shipment was intended to be taken to Central America and finally to the United States.
“The operation was carried out by land, sea and air means, being able to locate two illegal deposits in a mangrove area. When checking the place, 61 sacks with the illegal substance were found,” said Vice Admiral Juan Ricardo Rozo.
The Vice Admiral pointed out that the seized drug was the property of the organized armed group Clan del Golfo, a structure that intended to take the alkaloid to North America using speedboats.
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The seized drug was transferred to the headquarters of the First Marine Brigade in Corozal (Sucre), where the authorities carried out tests to identify the product, resulting positive for cocaine, with a total of 1,518 kilos.
“With this result, the authorities prevented at least 3.8 million people in the world from being affected,” said the commander of the Caribbean Naval Force.
Increase in operations
Operations are also carried out in coastal municipalities of Córdoba, such as San Antero, San Bernardo del Viento and Moñitos
Police and National Navy authorities have stated that operations continue in the Morrosquillo Gofo area, in the jurisdiction of Coveñas, Tolú, in addition to the Rincón del Mar and Berrugas resorts, in the San Onofre area (Sucre). .
Actions are being carried out in the Montes de María subregion, through which the public force operating in Sucre believes that the drug is being passed to the Caribbean Sea area.
“Operations are also carried out in coastal municipalities of Córdoba, such as San Antero, San Bernardo del Viento and Moñitos,” the authorities indicated.
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Troops from the 14th Marine Infantry Battalion, the Caribbean Naval Special Forces Group, the No.1 Explosives and Demining Company, the Coveñas Coast Guard Station, units from the Caribbean Naval Air Group and officials of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of Sucre.
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BOGOTA COLOMBIA). Friday, February 18, 2022 (RPTV NEWS AGENCY). To eradicate the power of this criminal group, a rigorous international work team was created led by the Civil Guard, in which the US agency DEA, EUROPOL, the Brazilian Federal Police and the Belgian Federal Police have participated, all under the direction of the Central Court of Instruction No. 1 of the National High Court
They are held responsible for the introduction into our country of more than 4 tons of cocaine, all of them intervened by the Civil Guard in Spain, coming from countries such as Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador.
Overall, in all the actions carried out in the different countries involved, 28 people have been arrested, several of them High Value Targets (HVT) for EUROPOL, as well as the apprehension of more than 8 tons of cocaine
Dismantled an international criminal organization responsible for the introduction of tons of cocaine into Europe through different Spanish ports
The Civil Guard, within the framework of the TURIA operation, has managed to dismantle one of the most active criminal organizations with regard to the introduction of large consignments of narcotics through the main Spanish seaports destined for Europe.
The investigation began more than a year ago, when the Civil Guard, through its Central Operational Unit (UCO), focused its efforts on the criminal activity of the main ports of our country, given the proliferation of different seizures of cocaine, Many of them follow the same criminal pattern.
In this way, already in April of last year, the Organized Crime Teams (ECOs) of the Central Operational Unit based in Alicante and Pontevedra, prevented the departure of 300 kilograms of cocaine from the Port of Valencia, proceeding to the arrest of 3 people, who, using a vehicle authorized to operate in that port, extracted the described substance from a container, hidden in a container coming from Brazil by the well-known method of “blind hook” or “lost hook”.
Ambitious international police operation.
As a result of this intervention and all the information obtained from it and other previous ones, an ambitious international police operation was launched, with the full involvement of the Civil Guard together with the Brazilian, North American and Belgian authorities, as well as EUROPOL.
During this time, all the participating Bodies and Agencies have managed to create a rigorous work team through several coordination meetings in different countries, which has allowed them to meet and identify the main leaders of this important criminal network, from Dubai ( UAE) to Brazil, as well as the seizure, in different interventions, of more than 3,900 kilograms of cocaine in Spain alone, all of them carried out by the Civil Guard within this work team.
TURIA-TURFE operation; Simultaneous performances in Spain and Brazil
In this way, this very week the final phase of this important operation has been carried out, acting simultaneously and in a coordinated manner in Spain and Brazil, for which UCO agents have been transferred to that country, as well as Brazilian agents and EUROPOL have done it to Spain, achieving the total dismantling of the investigated organization.
As far as Spain is concerned, 7 people related to these events have been arrested, 4 of them in the province of Barcelona in 5 searches carried out, 400 kilograms of cocaine having been seized in an industrial warehouse inside a maritime container coming from Brazil and arriving at the port of Barcelona. In addition, as a result of one of the searches, an indoor marijuana plantation with more than 300 plants has been intervened, as well as several high-end vehicles, encrypted mobile phone devices of great interest for research, jewelry and the blocking of more than 20 bank accounts of different companies linked to this criminal group, created to facilitate the importation of drugs and the transfer of money.
High Value Targets for Europol (HVT)
Simultaneously, the Brazilian Federal Police, in what they have called operation TURFE and in which agents from the Central Operational Unit transferred to that country for that purpose have participated, have proceeded to carry out 30 house searches, producing in some of them intense exchanges of fire with the police, as well as the arrest of 20 people, among which are several High Value Targets (HVT) for the European agency.
The operation has been carried out by the Civil Guard through its Organized Crime Teams (ECO’s) and the Central Anti-Drug Group, both belonging to the Central Operational Unit, together with the US DEA, the Brazilian Federal Police and from Belgium also EUROPOL, all directed by the Central Investigating Court number 1 and the Special Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office, both of the National High Court.
After a raid on a home, located in the Castellana Real residential complex, on Carrera 52 with Calle 106, north of Barranquilla387 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride were seized and a person was captured, in events recorded this Friday night.
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According to the report of the The national army, the shipment is valued at about 14 million dollars.
The commander of the 73rd Task Force against Drug Trafficking of the National Navy, Captain Ibis Manuel Luna Forbesexplained that with this seizure they stopped distributing close to one million doses on the international market.
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The officer explained that the coup was achieved after learning of a series of movements of suspicious vehicles, which traveled from Cartagena to the north of Barranquilla and entered the residential complex, “accompanied by people from outside the sector,” he said.
Men from the Navy, Army and the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office.
In the house where the authorities carried out the search, they found a van, which was in the garage, with 13 tulas containing 386 rectangular packages for a total of 387 kilos of cocaine.
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The Navy specified that the drug seized was from ‘Gulf Clan’ and would be destined for US ports.
In the operation he was captured Fernando Tomas Magri Carazowho is at the disposal of the Prosecutor’s Office.
Cocaine is a source of criminal resources. Those with access to their wealth quickly gain rise and power, in general today, there are more opportunities than ever to access cocaine both in America and in Europe because while the cocaine trade has spawned some of the most powerful criminal structures and notorious on the planet, they must innovate to continue persisting. And this is evidenced by the seizure made by US authorities today.
On January 12, 2022, from early hours, the United States Department of Justice announced that its coast guard units, in cooperation with European agencies, tracked and captured with its maritime units, a large submersible drug trafficker, which had previously been had detected during patrol maneuvers. They were more surprised when the boat skillfully began to maneuver, and has evaded the coast guard units, evidencing not only the skill of the crew but also the presence of advanced technology on the boat for such purposes, in other words, high-end military equipment. and of unknown origin that at times gave the advantage to this modern underwater narco.
Inter-agency cooperation and the use of advanced maritime drones made it possible to successfully pursue and capture the stealthy vessel. At the time of boarding by the authorities, the crew did not try to flee or destroy the boat, its four crew members were arrested, and the cargo of 6,350 kilos of cocaine (more than 6 tons) was confiscated. The value of the cargo, the nationalities of those captured and its origin are unknown at this time.
It is speculated that the cargo, which in total would be more than 6 tons of cocaine, would be destined for the cartels that currently control the European market, among other situations that are still under investigation by the United States Drug Control Administration. States (DEA), which has not yet issued an official statement.
