ElComercio.com reports that Ibarra police discovered a truck with 1.2 tons of marijuana in the center of the city. Officials say the marijuana shipment was found this past weekend, however an official announcement occurred today, Monday July 18th. The commander of police in the northern zone, Saul Subia says the load is the largest registered discovery in the Imbabura province. Officials say that from January to June 2011 police have confiscated 974,733 grams of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin.Read Article
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•The Colombian army destroyed 100 plants of genetically enhanced marijuana which would have been made to make 200 kilos (200 million pesos worth) of hallucinogen. •The plants were of the “cripa” variety and were destroyed during an operation in Bello, Antioquia. •El Espectador reports that 4 members of the group “Las Chatas” were captured during […]
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The National Police force, along with Security Minister Nilda Garré, burned 17 tons of marijuana and 428 kilos of cocaine today in Tortuguitas, in partido de Malvinas, Buenos Aires, according to noticiasdel6.com. The drugs burned were seized in drug trafficking raids from Misiones, Chaco, Salta, Corrientes and Lomas de Zamora in Buenos Aires. Major security […]
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Brazilian federal police officers today seized 1.2 thousand kilos of marijuana, more than a ton, that had been brought into the country from Paraguay, according to abc.com.py. The drugs were transported in 2 cars on the Tabaí-Canoas road in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Investigators believe the shipment was destined for Canoas, Brazil. Read […]
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•Rural farmers verified to El Espectador that in certain unnamed fields and greenhouses in Cali, a new kind of enhanced marijuana is being grown. •The marijuana has increased THC content, which allows for the drug’s effects to be enhanced. •Farmers have continued to cultivate the illicit crop because legal crops such as bananas and coffee […]
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The Argentine Naval Institution seized 242 kilos of marijuana at the end of last week from Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Misiones and arrested 7 people that were part of a drug trafficking network working out of Buenos Aires. According to abc.com.py, the network transported the drugs at the Triple Frontier from a supplier in Pedro […]
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The Buenos Aires government today burned over a thousand kilos of marijuana on the premise of the Desler SA Company at the Parque Industrial San Eduardo de Tortuguitas in partido of Malvinas in Buenos Aires. Governor of Buenos Aires, Daniel Scioli attended the burning saying it is a symbol of Argentina’s fight against drug trafficking. […]
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As described in the video by elespectador.com, in Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia, the young boy was caught in school with 7 small packets of marijuana in his bag. Authorities believe that narcotics sellers were using the child to sell the drug at his school. Read Article
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The couple was pulled over at the Villa Florida checkpoint by drug agents of the Federal Police Wednesday night, according to abc.com.py. Police discovered 111 bricks of marijuana, about 94 kilos worth (207 lbs), in their medium sized Mitsubishi truck. The drugs came from San Pedro de Ycuamanduju and were being transported to Encarnación. Read […]
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•In cooperative effort, the antidrug police, the Army, and the Colombian Air Force found and destroyed 14 tons of marijuana ready to be packaged, which were valued at 35 billion pesos, in La María, Torbio, Cauca as reported by elespectador.com. •The marijuana belonged to Miguel Ángel Pascuas Santos, alias “el sargento Pascuas”, who is the […]
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A police patrol in the Yotoco municipality in Colombia detained a red Mazda 626 with 61 kilos of marijuana, amounting to more than 60 million pesos, hidden in the doors and seats of the car as reported by elespectador.com. The driver fled through the sugar cane fields and avoided arrest. Read Article
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In Giradot, Cundinamarca, Police captured a drug trafficker alias “Mago de Oz” (Wizard of Oz) as shown by video posted by elespectador.com. He attempted to escape while being searched by an officer by jumping into the Magdalena River, but was later apprehended and found with 700 doses of marijuana hidden on his person.
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•Elespectador.com reveals that during a 100-man operation in the Calle del Bronx, 17,000 doses amounting to 843 kilos of marijuana were confiscated which is worth over 200 million pesos. •Investigations revealed that marijuana came from the south of Colombia to be sold in Bogotá. •Seven people were captured in the operations, and these illegal actions […]
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