Nearly 10 Tons of Cocaine and Weapons Bound for Mexico and the US Seized in Ecuador [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

By Socalj 8/15/2021 04:12:00 PM
"Socalj" for Borderland Beat



On August 13, 9.6 tons of cocaine, 2,500 ammunition, and rifles were seized in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

According to official information, the Ecuadorian National Police, together with the National Anti-Drug Investigation Directorate and the Chemicals Unit, seized all the aforementioned content in the northern sector of Guayaquil. The site where the drug was found had as a facade selling bottles of water and was located in the Los Vergeles sector. The Ecuadorian agents realized that there was construction with a false wall. Inside it, around 157 packages were found and in each of these, there were 60 blocks and another 50 loose ones. When counting it, the corresponding authorities realized that everything collected was equivalent to more than 9 tons of cocaine hydrochloride.

At a press conference, Inspector General Tannya Varela Coronel explained that the operation could be carried out thanks to the investigation units and classified it as a "severe blow to drug trafficking." Also, these packages were directed to two countries of the American continent.

“As a result, the arrest of two underage citizens of Ecuadorian nationality took place. The alkaloid was destined for the United States and Mexico, with this important police execution it is possible to extract around 450 million dollars from the illegal market," he declared.

According to the Ecuadorian authorities, the seizure was due to an investigation that had been underway since July 23, 2021, where 515 kilograms of drugs were seized in the same place.

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