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Venezuela drug seizure crackdown continues
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Venezuela drug seizure crackdown continues
In late July 2026, 2026 Venezuelan authorities reported two separate interdictions. On 24 July, security forces intensified a military series of large‑scale drug interceptions. After the 24 July inspection at Valencia’s Arturo Michelena International Airport that uncovered more than over a ton of cocaine hidden in dozens of packets, while a highway stop in Falcón yielded a small marijuana cache. Four days later, cocaine, authorities carried out an intelligence‑driven intelligence‑led raid in the eastern state of Monagas seized a much larger haul of on 28 July, seizing 3.34 tonnes of cocaine, cocaine and injuring several fleeing suspects. Three days later, on 31 July, police and military units stormed the San Joaquín farm in the rural parish of Temblador, Libertador municipality, Monagas. The operation, conducted by the National Antidrug Command, the Strategic Operations Group and the National Police, resulted in the confiscation of more than 3,300 kg of cocaine (over 20 bundles and 3,051 packages), an exchange of gunfire as suspects who fled into toward the forest. mountains, the seizure of three vehicles and the arrest of one individual. No injuries were reported among the forces. These operations build on actions add to a pattern of massive drug seizures in Venezuela, which in 2025 that saw more than 65 tonnes of narcotics intercepted, intercepted in 2025, largely bound destined for European markets. Earlier in 2026, additional marijuana markets, and cocaine follow earlier 2026 seizures were reported, and the of marijuana in Lara. The Venezuelan government highlighted recent continues to highlight cooperation with the United States following talks States, formalised in Caracas. The escalating size of the seizures underscores February 2026, as a continued emphasis by Venezuelan security forces on disrupting key element of its effort to disrupt trafficking routes through the country.
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