Nearly 80 kilos of cocaine seized along Venezuela-Colombia border

Venezuelan officials seized almost 80 kilos of cocaine in the Ureña zone of the Táchira state that runs along the border with Colombia. The discovery occurred after drug-sniffing dogs belonging to the Bolivarian National Guard detected the cocaine in two vehicles. Two individuals were in the first vehicle, 55 and 20 years old, both of whom were arrested. The driver of the other vehicle, 46 years old, was also taken into custody, En Oriente reports. In total, the amount of various drugs seized in Venezuela so far in 2012 is 13.5 tons. Read Article