Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Tuesday that authorities seized 6,850 kilograms of drugs in the southern state of Bolívar as part of an anti-narcotics operation earlier this month.
Venezuelan authorities said they seized 6.85 tonnes of drugs in the southern state of Bolívar, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello reported on Tuesday (January 13).
Cabello said the seizure involved 238 packages containing 14,280 individual wrappings, 14,199 of marijuana and 81 of cocaine, with a total weight of 6,850 kilograms. The operation, which took place on January 5, also led to the confiscation of two boats, including one that had capsized, and was carried out as part of what he described as “Operation Soledad.”
At a press conference, Cabello said that as of January 13, authorities had seized a total of 7,148 kilograms of drugs nationwide so far in 2026.
He also rejected allegations of official involvement in drug trafficking, dismissing the so-called Cartel de los Soles, a term used in U.S. indictments to describe alleged narcotics networks within Venezuela, as a 'narrative' without basis.
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