Tag: Micro trafficking
Santos announces operation to dismantle micro-trafficking in Colombia
Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, has announced an operation to dismantle...
Medellin’s police intervention nets 335 arrests in 72 hours
Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon on Thursday confirmed 335 arrests were made in 72 hours as part of the police intervention in Medellin. According to the Ministry of Defense, since the start of the intervention on Monday, the...
3 killed in Medellin gang shootout
A shootout between two criminal gangs left three people dead Sunday in an area known as Ciudadela de Occidente in the northwest Colombian city of Medellin, according to a report by Caracol radio. According to Metropolitan...
Bogota police dismantle 203 gangs in 2011: El Tiempo
Bogota metropolitan police have identified and dismantled 203 small criminal gangs operating in the capital city this year, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. The criminal bands that have been found are reportedly responsible...
Colombia’s largest wholesaler is Bogota’s drug entry point: NGO
Most drugs and arms in Bogota enter through Colombia’s biggest agricultural wholesale distributor, according to a study by an NGO. Corabastos, one of the most important agricultural wholesalers in Latin America, is the...
Huge drug haul in anti-micro-trafficking operation
Colombia’s national police seized 2.3 tons of drugs in a three-day operation to combat micro-trafficking, reports Caracol. Between Monday and Wednesday of this week, police seized heroin, cocaine, coca leaves, marijuana...
