Translation mine.Looks like Venezuela and Bolivia both are doing better at antidrug policing by themselves than they ever did with the DEA in the house. Now why do you suppose that is?Meanwhile, on a related note, check out THIS bit of drug-related pwnage:A rational expert shoots down a former drug czar. Heh, heh…and just for emphasis and good measure, heh.The director of the National Anti-Drug Office, Néstor Reverol, announced the confiscation of 1,981 kilograms of drugs, which were divided into 1,912 blocks, last Saturday in the early morning hours. The drugs were confiscated by the municipal police of Pedro Gual, the Bolivarian National Guard, and the CICPC. The operation also resulted in the detention of three persons, one Colombian and two Venezuelan, at a ranch called “La Guardia”, in the Panapo sector of Cúpira in the state of Miranda. The detainees are currently in the custody of the Public Ministry.A boat by the name of Ave Fénix, registered in Pampatar, was also seized. Reverol called the operation “another heavy blow” for the trafficking of drugs. “We hereby confirm the commitment of the Venezuelan state in its frontal assault on the trafficking of illicit drugs,” Reverol said.Reverol reported that in another operation, conducted on Sunday afternoon by the National Guard, 830 kilos of marijuana were seized in a truck with a false bottom. The operation took place in the Buena Vista sector of Monte Carmelo, Trujillo.“It is important to emphasize that to date, we have confiscated 18,488 kilograms of illegal drugs, and arrested 2,050 persons who are now in the custody of the Public Ministry,” Reverol said.
