{"id":195050,"date":"2019-03-21T14:06:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T18:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=195050"},"modified":"2019-03-21T14:06:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T18:06:42","slug":"cuba-seizes-some-2-4-tons-of-drugs-in-2018-the-lowest-amount-in-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-seizes-some-2-4-tons-of-drugs-in-2018-the-lowest-amount-in-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba seizes some 2.4 tons of drugs in 2018, the lowest amount in 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban authorities seized about 2.4 tons of drugs in 2018, mostly marijuana shipments intercepted on the coasts, a figure that represents the lowest amount of <\/span>illegal substances <\/span><\/a>seized in the last three years, according to the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) in a report published this Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cuban authorities last year confiscated more than 2 tons of marijuana, 363 kilograms of cocaine, 3 kilograms of cannabinoids, one of crack and 0.15 of hashish.<\/span><\/p>\n

77% of the confiscated drug arrived on Cuban beaches as part of “international drug trafficking operations that did not have the island as a destination,” said MININT’s text, <\/span>cited<\/span><\/a> by the daily Granma.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the report, these maneuvers were allegedly organized by Cubans residing abroad with the use of speedboats, which “accounts for the movement of sea vessels through routes close to the country” plus “the detection of possession and consumption” by yacht crews.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuban border patrol troops frustrated two attempts to introduce 144 kilograms of marijuana by sea and detained four people. In addition, they neutralized two other operations in jurisdictional waters, with a total of four captured foreign drug traffickers and 132 kilograms of confiscated marijuana.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the airports, mainly Havana\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed, 49 attempts to introduce drugs to sell in the country were aborted, for which 90 people \u0336 54 Cubans and 36 foreigners \u0336 were arrested and a total of 81 kilograms of narcotics were seized, more than the 64 kilograms confiscated in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

By air, cocaine predominated, with 77 kilograms seized, followed by cannabinoids (3 kilograms), marijuana (1 kilogram) and hashish.<\/span><\/p>\n

M\u00e1s de 4,7 toneladas de droga incautadas en Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n