Guinea-Bissau police seized a huge haul of drugs on Saturday. Nearly 3 tons of cocaine were found on a private jet from Venezuela with five Latin American citizens on board. It is the largest seizure of the year, according to police.
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With our correspondent in Bissau, Allen Yéro Embalo
This is the case that everyone has been talking about on social networks and on some local radio stations since Saturday because there could be politicians involved in this case.
In any case, the authorities have promised to severely punish anyone involved in the transport of the 2.6 tonnes of cocaine found on a plane from Venezuela. ” Very severe measures will be taken against all those involved in this criminal act. “, confirmed Delfim Da Silva, the presidential spokesman.
Such a seizure – the largest of the year, according to police – raises fears that the Guinea-Bissau does not become a major transit zone again. From the first searches, we found a very large quantity of narcotics in the plane. ” said Quitole Correia, director of the airport’s drug control unit.
Such large seizures are often the result of lengthy investigations involving surveillance, telephone tapping and other modern technical systems. This time, the investigation was conducted in collaboration with the DEA (the American anti-drug department).
The aircraft was on the radar of American investigators from its point of departure and a police presence was set up at the airport even before the aircraft landed. So here we are not talking about chance but about police cooperation that paid off.