Ecuadorian Police Seize
165 kg Of Cocaine
Ecuadorian Antinarcotics
Police have seized 165
kg of cocaine and 65,000
U.S. dollars in fake
notes at the Jose
Joaquin de Olmeda
airport in the western
coast city of Guayaquil,
Antinarcotics chief
Freddy Martinez said
Thursday.
The 165-kg alkaloid was
kept in 150 packs and
hidden in 28 crates
containing sacks with
chunks of ivory nut palm
wood.
Martinez said that he
inspected the
merchandise and found
the crates had a false
bottom.
"The drugs' destination
was Amsterdam, the
Netherlands," he said.
A Spanish national was
also arrested with 10 kg
of liquid cocaine when
attempting to travel
back to his country.
Besides, the fake notes
hidden in a photo album
were also seized in a
post office. The destiny
was the United States
and the suspect was
identified as Maria
Cristina Alvarado Jorge,
of Peruvian nationality.
The Antinarcotics Police
also confirmed the
detention of a Colombian
national identified as
Jaime Arturo Ubano, who
was carrying cocaine in
an urban bus from
Rumichaca international
bridge to the terminal
in Tulcan city, at the
border with Colombia.
"When discovered by the
policemen this guy tried
to deceive them" by
showing them an
Ecuadorian ID with the
name of Jose Melinton
Santos Vera, according
to a police statement.
The detainee has been
taken to a police office
and the investigation is
under way.
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