A total of 147 packages of drugs were seized during operations carried out in Guárico and Falcón by police and military agencies.
In Falcón, agents of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) seized 120 bricks of marijuana totaling 50 kilos, according to a report published on the Instagram account of the National Anti-Drug Superintendency (Sunad).
The operation took place in the La Macoya sector of the Los Taques municipality (Santa Cruz de Los Taques), Falcón state. Officers were patrolling the area after receiving intelligence about illicit drug trafficking. With the help of a trained dog, the agents located the stash, which was distributed in four sacks, according to the released report.
And in Guárico state, military agents seized 27 bricks of marijuana that were being transported in a public transport unit.
A report published on the Instagram account of the National Anti-Drug Command, an elite group of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), says that the procedure was carried out at the Citizen Service Point located in Corozo Pando, Francisco de Miranda municipality (Calabozo), Guárico.
At that military checkpoint, agents inspected a public transport unit with the support of the canine Valkiria, whose sense of smell detected drugs in a suitcase located at the rear of the vehicle.
The 27 packages of marijuana weighed 20 kilos 20 grams. After tests confirmed that it was a narcotic substance, the military proceeded to arrest the driver of the vehicle and seize the vehicle itself.
Another anti-drug operation by the National Guard was carried out at the Citizen Service Point located in Vega de Aza, Córdova municipality (Santa Ana del Táchira). There, the military detained a woman who was a passenger on a public transport vehicle coming from San Félix (Bolívar).
After a body search, authorities seized 45 small packets of cocaine from the woman's purse. A radiological examination revealed an additional 34 packets of cocaine inside her body. The total weight of the drugs was 1.435 kilograms, according to the published report.
The GNB reaffirmed that it remains in permanent deployment, "with high morale and the legal support of our Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to eradicate any threat that seeks to undermine the Peace and Sovereignty of the Nation."
