Colombia cracks down on dealers, drugs and guns
- 12 years ago
A good day for Colombian police as they uncover a secret weapons stash - and capture a wanted drug trafficker.
Police in the town of La Horqueta confiscated this huge haul of weapons - including 100 long range weapons, machine guns, grenade launchers and ammunition - from seven different hiding places.
They apparently belong to the Erpac criminal gang.
Meanwhile, Alberto Agudelo Urrego, a drug trafficker wanted by Spain for allegedly moving large amounts of cocaine into Europe, is also arrested by police.
Police commander Oscar Naranjo told reporters that Urrego was a top leader, as well as an important link between drug gangs in Colombia and Spain.
Urrego's group is believed to have moved between 800 and 1000 kilogrammes of cocaine into Europe, through Panama and the Honduras.
Sunita Rappai, Reuters
Police in the town of La Horqueta confiscated this huge haul of weapons - including 100 long range weapons, machine guns, grenade launchers and ammunition - from seven different hiding places.
They apparently belong to the Erpac criminal gang.
Meanwhile, Alberto Agudelo Urrego, a drug trafficker wanted by Spain for allegedly moving large amounts of cocaine into Europe, is also arrested by police.
Police commander Oscar Naranjo told reporters that Urrego was a top leader, as well as an important link between drug gangs in Colombia and Spain.
Urrego's group is believed to have moved between 800 and 1000 kilogrammes of cocaine into Europe, through Panama and the Honduras.
Sunita Rappai, Reuters