Intelligence information of the Colombian Navy, members of the Military Forces found the whereabouts of the vehicle where the drug was traveling.
At the entrance of the municipality of Bayunca on the road to the sea that leads from Barranquilla to the city of Cartagena, the Colombian Navy and the National Police managed to find 121 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride that were being transported in a truck type vehicle.
The inspection was carried out by troops of the Navy Battalion No.12, attached to Navy Brigade No.1 and units of the SIJIN (JUDICIAL POLICE) of the National Police, who, guided by intelligence information of the Colombian Navy, intercepted the vehicle carrying the illegal merchandise.
After a rigorous inspection procedure, members of the Military Forces found 120 packages of the drug hidden in five suitcases inside the container in the middle of wooden sheets.
When conducting the Initial Preliminary Test Approved-PIPH -, it tested positive for 121 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride.
The man who was driving the vehicle was arrested, while the material was given to the authorities, to continue with the respective prosecution process.
In this way, troops continue to significantly damage the finances of drug trafficking organizations that commit crimes on the Colombian Caribbean coast, preventing the income of approximately more than four million dollars for groups outlaw.
