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Ecuador Police reported this Sunday that it had arrested two Mexican citizens, a Colombian and an Ecuadorian in drug operation in a sector of the city of Portoviejo, capital of the coastal province of Manabi (west), where about 1.5 tons of hydrochloride were discovered. cocaine.
The operation carried out on Saturday by agents of the National Chemical Substances Investigation Unit (UNSQ) included a search of a house in the Pueblo Nuevo sector of Portoviejo, where four subjects were arrested and the cargo was discovered.
1295 packs per form brick It contained 1,477,500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, which is calculated to be equivalent to 14,775 doses of the drug, police said.
The subjects arrested were identified as Johnny Marcelo Z.D. (Ecuador), Jesus Francisco O.L. (Mexican), Luis Enrique LR (Mexican) and Andres Felipe G.C. (Colombian).
#ATTENTION|| WE SEIZED MORE THAN ONE TON OF COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
Following investigative work and a property search, we seized 1,200 packages of drugs in the Pueblo Nuevo sector. #Manabi.
📌 During the operation, two subjects were arrested and we managed to avoid… pic.twitter.com/FrdQWoAaiE
— Police of Ecuador (@PoliciaEcuador) November 3, 2024
In addition, during the operation, the police discovered a car and six mobile phones – evidence that, together with the detainees, was delivered to the competent judicial authorities.
UNSQ estimates that cache cThe estimated value of this argument on the international black market would be approximately $29.55 million.and 2.95 million locally.
In recent years, Ecuadorian territory has become an important corridor for drug trafficking coming from neighboring countries. Colombia and Peru, the world’s two largest cocaine producers.
In addition, Ecuador is classified as the third country in the world that seizes the most drugs after Colombia and the United States: according to data for the last three years, about 200 tons of drugs are seized annually, although about 200 tons were seized here between January and October of this year drugs. exceeded this figure: 246 tons of drugs were seized.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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