The Paraguayan police’s drug prosecution service seized almost a tonne of cocaine and arrested the alleged organizer of the trafficking, the son of a former lawmaker known for advocating decriminalization of marijuana, his spokesman said Sunday.
Members of the Secretaría Nacional Antidrogas (SENAD) conducted six simultaneous operations in three cities near the capital, Asuncion, to seize this highly purified cocaine.
The alleged trafficker is Fernando Enrique Valbuena, the son of Liberal politician Elvis Valbuena, a well-known lawmaker in Paraguay who has spoken out in favor of decriminalizing marijuana.
“Ricky” Valbouena “directed and coordinated the purchase and sale of cocaine, which came from the town of Eusebio Agiala, 90 km from Asuncion, was transported” via the Paraguay-Paranνά rivers “and had a” final destination in Europe “, he explained. SENAD spokesman Francisco Agiala.
At a facility 200 meters from Valbouena’s residence, 947kg of cocaine were found ready to be transported by sea to foreign ports and confiscated, according to the spokesman.
The cocaine was produced “in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia” and was intended for buyers “in Europe”, Mr. Agiala insisted, speaking to reporters.
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