The military intervention took place in the Estero Lagarto sector, in the Vinces canton. The seized weapons and drugs were handed over to the Police.
After an exhaustive military investigation process, the Armed Forces found a plantation where they hoisted weaponsammunition and drugs, in Vinces, Los Ríos.
The intervention was carried out in the Estero Lagarto sector, where people supposedly linked to criminal groups used banana plantations to store heavy weapons and drugs that were sold in the local market.
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“It was possible to locate a cove with approximately three tons of drugs, 12 rifles and more than 5,000 5.56 caliber ammunition,” reported the official X account of the Ecuadorian Army.
Along with the publication, videos were uploaded where you can see the long weapons and their respective feeders, as well as holsters where they can be They kept the ammunition.
Likewise, the drugs were packaged and camouflaged in jute bags. The evidence was delivered to the National Police to carry out the respective procedures; In the shared images you can see one detained at the site.
2024-01-21 20:51:09
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