Ecuadorian police seized more than a ton of cocaine in the town of Guayllabamba, 25 minutes from the capital Quito, government minister María Paula Romo reported.
In her profile on the social network Twitter, the minister noted that several units of the National Police They carried out an anti-narcotics operation in that Andean town, giving as a preliminary result of the operations the discovery of “more than a ton of cocaine in 1,100 packages.”
Likewise, the minister indicated that two vehicles were detained and three citizens were detained, but did not offer details about them. In your social network account, the senior official placed two photographs of the operatives, in one of which several large closed packages can be seen.
In the second graph dozens of small brick-type packages with brown packaging appear, which seem to be the content of those in the first graph. The finding occurred in the same week that three other people were arrested in an operation, coordinated with security forces of Ecuador and other nations, that prevented the shipment of a ton of cocaine from the country.
According to the investigations, it was intended to remove this drug from the coasts of the Esmeraldas provinces, located in the north of Ecuador and bordering Colombia. According to the official, it was intended to send the ton of cocaine to Central and North America.
Without further details, Romo said Tuesday that the Ecuadorian Police participated in the operation “in a coordinated effort with the security forces of the countries of the region,” but he did not detail which nations participated.
On that case, Romo also included in his Twitter message three photos, and one of them Several large packages packed with black plastic were appreciated.
In another, you could see what appeared to be the contents of those large bundles: small brick-shaped packages, packed in light brown plastic. In some of these, which were open, a white substance was observed.
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