Police raided several buildings that served as storage.
Several properties in Guayas were raided by the Police after investigations carried out on drug trafficking activities.
The Police detected that several buildings served as a collection center for controlled substances.
A preliminary report indicates that more than 6 tons of drugs were seized in these operations. Four people were arrested in this operation.
Last Sunday, six men, all from the Dominican Republic, were arrested in a sector known as Primero de Mayo, in Naranjal, Guayas province.
More than 201 tons of drugs have been seized this year in Ecuador; 50 tons were captured in the ports of Guayaquil
There, from 07:00, the anti-narcotics operation called Pacífico-Impacto 14 was carried out, where a building that was used as a collection center for illicit substances was raided.
In an underground cove next to said building, six jute bags were found with 185 rectangular packages covered with brown packing tape and with a “butterfly” logo, which contained cocaine weighing 208 kilos.
The Ecuadorian Police seized 210 tons of drugs in 2021 and attributed the spiral of violence in recent months to this crime, expressed in the prison crisis that left more than 300 inmates dead due to clashes between gangs that disputed control of the prisons. (I)
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