Overview
- Intelligence-led cargo checks at the capital’s airport used X-ray screening and the customs canine Néstor to flag the shipment for a detailed inspection.
- Agents found a hermetically sealed plastic bag containing a white powder weighing about one kilogram inside the parcel.
- Preliminary infrared analysis indicated fentanyl hydrochloride, and the sample was sent to the Customs central laboratory to verify the substance and weight.
- Officials estimate the seizure blocked roughly 1,040,000 potential doses with an estimated street value of about 20 million dollars.
- The operation involved Semar, SSPC, FGR, Defense, the National Guard, and Customs; investigators have not named the sender and the case was referred for ministerial follow-up.