Petro’s first moves to restructure Colombia’s government
Petro and Duque meet over transition of power...
Colombia confronts former FARC chiefs with suffering kidnapping...
Colombia hears former guerrilla chiefs over mass kidnappings
Petro’s quest for a majority in Colombia’s Congress
Colombia’s ELN guerrillas reiterate call to resume peace...
Colombia begins transition of power after elections
The peaceful revolution of Colombia’s “nobodies”
Historic victory for Gustavo Petro in Colombia’s elections
Colombia’s election observers say voters received tainted ballots
  • About
  • Support
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
News

195 ways to smuggle drugs in Cauca: Police Report

by Victoria Rossi July 30, 2012

Drugs

Colombian police have identified 195 different ways drug traffickers transport cocaine, marijuana and heroin from the conflict-ridden department of Cauca to both international and domestic markets.

The study, a product of months of observation by the country’s anti-narcotics police in the coca-rich region in southwest Colombia, found that the most common smuggling method was by land, in both public and private vehicles.

Narcotraffickers often send out smaller shipments of cocaine as red herrings, the director of Colombia’s anti-narcotics unit, Luis Alberto, tells El Espectador newspaper. Soldiers seize the one-to-ten kilo shipments along police roadblocks, while the larger drug haul slips by along another, less-watched route.

Alberto also noted the transport of drugs by way of small private aircraft, pointing to the recent police discovery of two clandestine airstrips in the Cauca.

Finally, Alberto repeated the government’s claim that the FARC is the driving force behind the Colombian drug trade. “We are clear that this is the most lucrative business for the FARC terrorists,” he said. “[They] are the main producers of coca and marijuana crops, either directly or by financing illegal drug plantations.”

armed conflictCaucadrug trafficking

Trending

  • Petro’s quest for a majority in Colombia’s Congress

  • The peaceful revolution of Colombia’s “nobodies”

  • Colombia hears former guerrilla chiefs over mass kidnappings

Related articles

  • Colombia confronts former FARC chiefs with suffering kidnapping victims

  • Colombia’s ELN guerrillas reiterate call to resume peace talks

  • Colombia to hold elections without any ceasefires

  • RSS

@2008-2019 - Colombia Reports. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by Digitale Zaken and Parrolabs


Back To Top