With this result, the Pacific Naval Force has confiscated more than 175 tons of cocaine and 54 tons of marijuana, found in 2021.
In two maritime operations carried out by Colombian Navy units in the central Pacific, 2,248 kilograms of marijuana and 628 kilograms of cocaine were found by troops, preventing the entry of more than US$ 35 million to drug trafficking organizations and the distribution of nearly two million doses of illicit drugs worldwide.
The first operation took place in the Boca Cajambre sector in the department Valle del Cauca, where units of the Buenaventura Coast Guard Station, guided by Colombian Navy Intelligence and in coordination with a ship of the Pacific Surface Flotilla, detected a boat manned by two Colombians as they were traveling in waters of the central Pacific bound for Central America.
Once the ship named La Pajarita was intercepted, members of the Military Forces proceeded to search it finding on deck several bags of different sizes, containing 550 rectangular packages, apparently containing illicit drugs.
Subsequently, the Colombian Navy units detected another speedboat moving at high speeds at night in the central Pacific zone, this ship ignored the calls made by the Colombian Navy to carry out the inspection and search procedure. After several minutes of pursuit and in the midst of adverse climate conditions, the boat was intercepted to find three individuals from Nicaragua, who were transporting 2,345 packages pressed and packed, similar to those used by drug traffickers for the illegal transport of narcotic substances.
The five individuals, the two boats and the material were transported to the facilities of the coast Guard Station Bonaventura, and put into custody of the office of the Attorney General, who conducted the test of identification, determining that the substances contained in the packages into sacks, corresponded to 2 248 kg of marijuana and 628 kilograms of cocaine.
According to intelligence information of the Colombian Navy, these shipments were sent by the residual Organized Armed Group, GAO-r, structure 6 mobile column Jaime Martínez, under the criminal control of alias Mayimbú, who is considered to be one of the largest responsible for shipments of narcotics abroad of the central Pacific, which the Colombian Navy has dealt decisive blows against its criminal finances in recent months, damaging its logistics, financial chain, its expansion projections, alliances, and their ability to coerce civilians.
Source: press-Colombian Navy
