GN border post seizes second cocaine haul in 15 days

www.vheadline.com Posted: Sunday, March 09, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

For the second time in just 15 days National Guard (GN) 31st border unit has seized 4.9 kilos of so-called black cocaine.

3rd GN Region (CORE-3) commander, General Miguel Ramirez Gonzalez says a Colombian was arrested carrying the drugs hidden in a false bottom of a suitcase.

“The dealer attempted to pass during the early hours of the morning when vigilance is slacker and tried to mix his baggage with that of traders carrying merchandise to the Maracaibo market.”

GN agents checking suitcases localized a paste that had a strong smell and after tests discovered it was cocaine.

Two weeks earlier the GN seized 1.2 tonnes of cocaine.