In Venezuela, 33.774,019 kilograms of drugs have been seized in 2.669 procedures and 3.558 people linked to crimes established in the Organic Law on Drugs (LOD) have been detained so far in 2020.
This was reported by the head of the National Anti-Drug Office (ONA), G / B Alberto Matheus, during his participation in the “Ojo Avizor” program, conducted by the Minister of Popular Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace (Mpprijp), A / J Carmen Meléndez and broadcast on TVFanb, TVLara, Radio Lara 107.5, Latina 95.9FM and Radio Miraflores 95.9 FM, at 6:00 in the afternoon, reviewed by VTV.
It indicated that 26.245,189 kg of seized drugs have been incinerated, in a joint effort with the Public Ministry and that 168.520,486 kilograms of precursor chemical substances were retained, preventing their diversion for the illicit manufacture of drugs. He added that the governing body on drugs also registered 333 assets seized from criminal organizations.
The head of the ONA explained that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) carried out 43 military operations and achieved the dismantling of 49 laboratories used by Colombian transnational companies for the production of cocaine hydrochloride, a few meters from the border with Colombia, specifically in the Jesús María Semprún municipality of Zulia state.
Likewise, 15 unauthorized tracks were disabled and destroyed and two important heads of organizations dedicated to illicit drug trafficking were arrested and requested with a Red Alert by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), as part of the actions of the security organizations that fight against illicit drug trafficking.
Mathews emphasized that the Venezuelan State has been a guarantor in the defense of airspace, implementing actions through the FANB, led by the Operational Strategic Command (CEOFANB) and the Comprehensive Aerospace Defense Command (Codai), which led to the disqualification of 36 aircraft that were used to ship drugs to various international markets from the neighboring country.
“This 2020 we have exceeded the effectiveness by 10% compared to the month of November 2019, still in a pandemic due to COVID-19 and the attacks perpetrated by the North American empire, which has tried to attack us using the issue of drugs as a mechanism adverse to our sovereign drug policies, ”Matheus added.
Different operations
The Brigadier General highlighted different procedures, two of them, carried out on November 2 by members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), who seized 25 packs of marijuana (14,494 kg) at the Jacinto Citizen Service Point (PAC) Lara from Lara state, hidden in a double bottom in the bumper of a vehicle.
On the same date, in the PAC “Puntas de Piedras”, Barinas state, 253 packs of cocaine (281,089 kg) were also seized, hidden on the floor of a public transport vehicle, with the help of a canine animal, achieving as a result the arrest of a subject.
Also during joint work by the GNB and the ONA, 177 packs of cocaine (133,550 kg) were seized in the state of Mérida, which was transported by two citizens who carried them hidden inside the bodywork and behind the front seats of a vehicle.
In this fight against illicit drug trafficking, the Body of Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations also joins, which seized 500 packs of cocaine (558,80 kg) hidden in the walls of a room in a fifth of the Nueva Barcelona residences , El Carmen parish, Simón Bolívar municipality of Barcelona, Anzoátegui state.
It should be noted that since last October 26 of this year when the Minister of Popular Power for Justice and Peace (Mpprijp), A / J Carmen Meléndez, took office, a total of 1.320,366 kg has been seized in the national territory of different drugs, which has been a severe blow to the illicit drug trade.
