An Ecuadorian was arrested during the operation. He tried to flee, but the reaction of the military prevented the man from escaping.
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In a combined operation carried out in Santa Bárbara, on the Sucumbíos-Carchi interprovincial border, the Yaguachi Mechanized Cavalry Group of Ibarra and the Carchi Anti-Drug Headquarters immobilized a ton of cocaine hydrochloride.
Samer Pulles, commander of the military fort, reported that the alkaloid was mobilized in a Hino FC truck by citizen Marco R., of Ecuadorian nationality, who was traveling through this border sector that borders Colombian territory.
Marco R. upon noticing the presence of the uniformed men, tried to flee, but with the immediate reaction of the military, he was apprehended, the officer said.
After carrying out the registration and verification of the car, the drug shipment was discovered in a double fund, the discovery being reported by the troops who were carrying out surveillance and reconnaissance tasks at the international border to the National Police.
The Carchi Anti-Drug Investigation Headquarters mentioned that the drug was camouflaged in a compartment, in which 23 jute bags were found, containing 1,035 rectangular, brick-like packages, wrapped with colored packing tape. beige with a powdery substance.
The field tests were carried out as a preliminary result of cocaine hydrochloride. On the wrappers there is a sheet of paper with the letters GG superimposed.
Once the weighing was carried out, a weight of 1 million 32 thousand 930 grams of cocaine hydrochloride was determined, equivalent to a little more than a ton of drug.
There have been several blows to drug trafficking in the Ipiales-Tulcán-Ibarra-Quito corridor.
Drug traffickers usually open new routes through the eastern sector and use second and third order roads that connect Nariño and Putumayo with rural populations of Carchi and Sucumbíos. Control operations have been reinforced in these areas. (I)
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