Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
In recent hours, members of the Technical Criminal Investigation Agency (Atic) and the Honduran Navy have participated in an operation to intercept and seize suspected drugs in northeastern Cayo Gorda, Laguna de Caratasca. Thank God.
26 bales were found containing 819 kilos of apparent cocaine in a boatThe small boat contained five men, who were immediately detained by the authorities and later sent to the prosecutor’s office.
Is about Jesús Ramón Montaño Carreño, Francisco Javier Romero, Jairo Ismael Barreto Rosas, Julio Rafael Ramos Miranda and Junior David Boada Farfán, four of Venezuelan descent and one Colombian.
The interception of the three-engined speedboat was coordinated by Atic under the technical and legal direction of the Special Prosecutor against Organized Crime (Fescco), providing details, route and location to the authorities of the Honduran Naval Forces.
The insured ship and the suspects were transferred to the Caratasca naval base for a thorough inspection and quantification of the bales.
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Subsequently, the Atic Department Against Organized Crime, with the support of the Honduran Air Force, carried out the respective transfer to Hernán Acosta Mejia Air Force Base in Tegucigalpa.