The route between Pradera and Buenaventura, recognized as a strategic corridor for the transport of narcotics outward, became relevant again after the most recent drug seizure in the region.
According to the police, army troops and police units They managed to seize 590 kilograms (1,300 pounds) of marijuana in the department of Valle del Caucapreventing the substance from reaching its international destination.
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The operation carried out by the command against drug trafficking and threats (CONAT) in the aforementioned road, focused on a vehicle that had been modified to hide illicit loads.
According to official information, the motor driver was captured during the intervention. The detaine Iván bite, an armed structure that crimes in the area.
According to the first inquiries, the seized drug would belong to the Dagoberto Ramos Ortiz structure, a faction indicated by its active participation in narcotic trafficking. The military sources detailed that the cargo had been sent from the municipality of Toribío, in the north of Cauca, and that its final destination was Panama.
The Minister of Defense, Pedro Sánchez, said in his X account about the operation: “Via Pradera, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, our army troops and the police seized half a ton of marijuana that would be sent to Panama. The cargo belonged to the Organized Armed Group – Criminal Residual Dagoberto Ramos, of the Bite Alias Cartel. The vehicle was modified for illegal transport. ”
The portfolio chief added that “the driver confessed that he did it for ‘payment of debt’ with the group dedicated to drug trafficking and terrorism. Thus these networks operate: they recruit, enslave and destroy. Today we prevent more than 24,000 doses of marijuana from arriving in Central America. ”
The method provided for the international transfer of the alkaloid would include the use of semi -submersible, a tactic already used in previous operations by various criminal organizations to cross Pacific routes to countries in Central America and the Caribbean, according to official information.
The driver of the vehicle was in custody, available to the judicial authorities, accused of the alleged crime of traffic, manufacturing or carrying narcotics.
The Army confirmed that this seizure prevented approximately 24,500 doses of marijuana They will circulate in international markets, according to the estimates carried out after the operation in Valle del Cauca.
“Nothing bends the moral of our troop. Each result is proof that we act more strongly, conviction and commitment for Colombia,” said the Minister of Defense in his X account.
Within the controls on roads of the department of Quindío, the authorities arrested a man while transporting 86 kilograms of marijuana hidden in the cellar of a vehicle.
The confiscation, made by the High Mountain Battalion No. 5 of the Eighth National Army Brigade together with the Transit and Transportation Section of the Departmental Police, occurred on the road that connects the Valle del Cauca, Ibagué and Bogotá, specifically in the line of the line, in jurisdiction of the municipality of Calarcá.
According to the National Army, The seized drug could reach an approximate value of 129 million pesos in the countryfigure that could exceed one million dollars in the international narcotic market.
According to the information released by the National Army, the control operation allowed to find the cargo distributed in 90 packages that were hidden in the Automotor wineries.
The operation that was carried out in one of the most busy road corridors in the Southwest of Colombia, also allowed the capture of a person, who was driving the intervened vehicle.
The arrested man was delivered to the judicial authorities and must respond for the crime of drug trafficking.
