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The Anti-Narcotics Directorate of the Police also determined that one of the captured was going to deliver drugs to Central America. In all three cases the drug was hidden in the luggage and, in total, was valued at nearly $ 1 million.
The Anti-Narcotics Directorate of the National Police detected and captured three people who, camouflaging in their cocaine luggage, were trying to traffic narcotics in different international destinations. The captured, according to the authorities, used increasingly advanced methods of concealment in order to be imperceptible to the anti-narcotics checks carried out by the police at the air terminals.
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The first capture occurred when a patrol car profiled a 56-year-old citizen of Dominican nationality who was trying to travel to Paris from El Dorado airport. Once his luggage was inspected, 12 rectangular packages were found with a powdery, white substance, which, when tested. narcotics test, Launched a sky blue coloration, ie preliminary result for cocaine, with a net weight of almost 12,000 grams.
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The second capture was achieved through the international passenger control service at the El Dorado airport dock, when one of the uniformed men inspected the hold baggage belonging to a citizen of Ecuadorian nationality. The man intended to travel to Madrid (Spain) carrying three bottles of vitamin supplement, a can of peaches, a jar of hair conditioner, a bag of condensed milk and a bag of shampoo, items in which police discovered a double bottom with cocaine.
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The third capture corresponds to a 39-year-old Colombian woman, who was trying to travel to the city of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) when she was detected by an anti-narcotics agent and her dog. In the luggage he was carrying in the hold he contained an agenda with a double bottom and inside two packages with a pink and yellow powdery substance which, when performing a field test, launched a preliminary result for 2CB (Two- cb).