The Criminal Guarantees judge on duty in Flagrancia, Fernando Vergara, ordered preventive detention for Jeison Danilo ML (Ecuadorian), Silvio VT, Feiber Stiven QS and Oneiver SH (Colombians) for transporting more than 1.68 tons of cocaine.
The capture of this drug was carried out during an operation carried out by the Armed Forces 350 nautical miles from Salinas, province of Santa Elena, in the southwest on the Ecuadorian coast.
This illegal cargo was detected in a semi-submersible vessel. Inside, fifty-six jute sacks were found containing 1,690 brick-type blocks, wrapped in adhesive tape.
A semi-submersible with 56 bags of cocaine was captured near Salinas
In the flagrante delicto hearing, prosecutor Luis Centeno presented as elements of conviction the information report of the Armed Forces, the arrest report prepared by the Anti-Narcotics Police, the approved preliminary identification test, the verification record and the weighing of the drug.
As evidence in this case there are satellite cell phones and two global positioning systems (GPS).
They seize more than two tons of drugs that were intended to be sent from Guayaquil to the French market
The fiscal instruction for this case will last thirty days.
The Prosecutor’s Office prosecutes this case based on article 220, numeral 1, literal d (large scale), of the Comprehensive Criminal Organic Code (COIP), which penalizes the possession, distribution, possession, transport and sale of alkaloids with a custodial sentence. from ten to thirteen years. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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