According to Interpol, a huge two-week operation by Interpol in Central America and the Caribbean has netted 27.5 tons of drugs and saw 50 illegal drug labs and almost 20 jungle airstrips destroyed.
Operation Lionfish II also led to the arrest of 422 people and the seizure of a semi-submersible boat and two light aircraft used to transport drugs and weapons.
Part of Interpol’s efforts to combat the most violent organized crime groups in the region, the operation ran from December 1 to 12 and involved 39 countries and territories.
The drug haul included US$1.3 billion worth of cocaine as well as large amounts of cannabis and heroin.
Two unnamed individuals on Interpol’s global most-wanted list were arrested in the Dominican Republic and Peru for arms and weapons trafficking.
Some 100 weapons, 7.6 tons of chemical precursors and US$2.2 million in cash were also seized.
Lionfish II was partly backed financially and operationally by the French interior ministry along with the cooperation of countries including Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, United States, United Kingdom and Venezuela.
Interpol is headquartered in the French city of Lyon.
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