The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) reports it has confiscated 4,232 kilos of different drugs so far this year some 1,151 kilos more than in the first three months of 2017.
In addition 98 people have been arrested for drug dealing, including Bienvenido Guevara Díaz (Maconi), Miguel Ángel Muñoz Pereyra (Pipe), and Carlos Alberto Villavizar Guzmán, alias El Viejo and/or el Profe who are considered main street traffickers of illegal drugs. These suspects are thought to be prominent members of the band of capo Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo. During 2017 in the same period, 61 people were arrested.
The amount of marihuana confiscated has also increased from 229.7 kilos in this timeframe in 2017 and 438.9 kilos from the beginning of 2018.
Of all of the drugs confiscated so far this year more than 2,000 kilos was discovered off the coast of the country with the rest in ports and airports.
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Diario Libre
13 March 2018
