US EditionThe Drug Was Hidden Under Flour: with 4.9 Tons, Record Cocaine Seizure in Guatemala
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The National Civil Police of Guatemala (PNC) seized almost five tons of cocaine in the port of Quetzal.The shipment came from Costa Rica, according to local media, According to the Ministry of the Interior of that country, the drug was found in bags of flour distributed in a total of seven containers.The spokesman of the PNC, Cesar Mateo, confirmed to the media Free Press of Guatemala that the drug came from Costa Rica. He added that the materia…
International cartels use Central American ports as a hub for cocaine trafficking to the United States, the world's largest consumer.
The drugs were hidden in seven containers of flour in sacks.
Huge drug seizure for Guatemala with cocaine originating from Costa Rica hidden in 7 different containers
The seizure of 4.9 tons of cocaine, which it described as "historic", was announced yesterday Wednesday, by the Guatemalan Interior Ministry. The cargo was discovered during an operation against drug trafficking on Sunday in Puerto Quetzal, 85 kilometers south of the capital, it said. Casi 5 tons of suspected cocaine have been seized by the @PNCdeGuatemala in Puerto Quetzal, since the first discovery last Saturday. The illicit drugs were found …
Guatemala’s security forces have seized nearly five tons of cocaine valued at 86.4 million dollars in a weekend operation in Puerto Quetzal, the largest seizure under the administration of Bernardo Arévalo de León. Guatemala’s entry seizes nearly five tons of cocaine during an anti-drug action was first published in Proceso Digital.
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