Colombia seizes 2.2 tonnes of cocaine
September 13th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by IANSBogota, Sep 13 (IANS/EFE) Colombian authorities intercepted a speedboat carrying 2.2 tonnes of cocaine and arrested the vessel’s four-person crew, an official said.
The operation took place Saturday night in the Gulf of Uraba, said the commander of Colombia’s Caribbean fleet Adm. Cesar Augusto Narvaez.
Personnel from the navy and police, with support from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, detected and intercepted the cocaine-laden vessel near Cabo Tiburon in the northwestern province of Choco.
The 2,268 kg of cocaine found aboard the speedboat was bound for the US via Central America, the navy said in a statement, adding that the drugs apparently belonged to the Los Urabenos criminal organization.
Colombia’s Caribbean fleet has confiscated more than 26 tons of cocaine this year, Adm. Narvaez told EFE.
–IANS/EFE
rd
- Nicaragua seizes over two tonnes of cocaine - Mar 06, 2012
- Cocaine found on submarine in Honduran waters - Jul 30, 2011
- Mexican navy seizes 2.4 tonnnes of cocaine - May 04, 2010
- Colombia seizes 2.6 tonnes of cocaine - Jun 06, 2012
- Impounded plane stolen in Colombia - Jun 12, 2012
- Colombian police seize 1.5 tonnes of cocaine - Jan 04, 2011
- 4.5 tonnes of marijuana seized in Mexico - Mar 11, 2011
- Mexican navy's largest-ever ship launched - Sep 01, 2011
- Colombian navy seizes tonne of cocaine - Sep 12, 2012
- 2,900 kg of cocaine seized in Panama - Jan 25, 2011
- High-tech drug submarine seized in Colombia - Sep 27, 2011
- Honduran police find burnt aircraft - Dec 20, 2011
- Colombian police seize one tonne of cocaine - Aug 31, 2011
- 4.5 tonnes marijuana seized in Mexico - Mar 11, 2011
- Police seize 460 kg of cocaine in Honduras - Oct 08, 2010
Tags: adm, bogota, cabo tiburon, caribbean fleet, central america, cesar augusto, cocaine, colombia, colombian authorities, criminal organization, drug enforcement administration, drugs, gulf of uraba, kg, navy, northwestern province, person crew, saturday night, speedboat, tonnes