Venezuelan police seize 1.1 tons of marijuana, 1.5 tons of cocaine
Venezuelan police seized 1.1 tons of marijuana and 1.5 tons of cocaine in two separate operations, local media reported on Tuesday.

The cocaine seizure took place in Curamichate, in the northwest state of Falcon. Police found the cocaine hidden in an inflatable boat and arrested two suspects.

Jesus Itriago, head of the anti-drug unit of the Scientific Police, said it was possible that the drug had been thrown into the sea off Falcon from planes by accomplices of the two arrested, adding that the traffickers were part of a network that smuggled cocaine through the Caribbean into Spain.

Separately, Eddie Achique, head of the Nueva Esparta department of the Scientific Police, told Venezuelan television station Globovision that police had seized 1.1 tons of marijuana in Nueva Esparta, a Caribbean coastal state known for its tourism.

The police arrested one person in the case, charging him with smuggling.

The drug shipment was on its way to the Caribbean islands of San Vicente and Martinica, from where it would be shipped to the United States or Europe, Achique added.