Venezuelan Police Catch
Colombian Officer With Drugs
CARACAS - A Colombian officer was caught
with about 900 kg of marijuana at a
checkpoint in Venezuela, local police said
here Wednesday.
Jose Armando Echavez Prado, president of
Colombia's Santander Port Council, was
detained during an operation carried out at
a mobile checkpoint along the Trans-Andean
highway in Pueblo Hondo, northeast of
Tachira, which borders Colombia.
The drugs were stashed in 900 sacks and
hidden in the false bottom of his car,
regional police chief Franklin Marquez said
at a press conference.
Marquez said that Echavez had a criminal
record. Two other suspects of Venezuelan
nationality were also detained in the
operation.
The car was registered in the state of
Marida,100 km northeast from the scene.
Moreover, the drugs are believed to have
been destined for the state of Barina and
the central part of Venezuela, Marquez said.
Venezuela and Colombia share a long border
of 2,220 km. |
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