Guatemalan
Police Investigated For
Cocaine Theft
Guatemala -
Twenty-three police officers are being
investigated by Guatemalan authorities for
cocaine theft, said local press on Monday.
About 1.04 tons of drugs were seized in two
operations by the National Civilian Police
(PNC) last Thursday, while only 883
kilograms reached PNC warehouses,
Guatemala's Interior Minister Raul Velasquez
told a Guatemala City radio station.
The suspended PNC officers would be kept
under guard until the investigation closed,
Velasquez said.
Based on data from the UN Office on Drugs
and Crime, cocaine in Guatemala costs up to
10,400 U.S. dollars per kilo. These stolen
drugs could thus be worth more than 1.2
million U.S. dollars.
Around 200 tons of cocaine pass through
Guatemala each year. Most of the cocaine
enters Mexico and then reaches the United
States, according to Guatemalan media. |
