Overview
- Dirandro’s Special Investigations Division from Lima led the months-long probe that culminated in a Dec. 3–5 raid between Chalacalá and Somate.
- Officers intercepted a truck unloading hundreds of boxes and discovered brick-style packages concealed within produce labeled for export.
- Authorities counted 3,027 bricks totaling about 3,400 kilograms, with preliminary tests indicating high-purity cocaine.
- The cocaine has been placed in custody and is to be transferred to Lima for forensic analysis and prosecutorial follow-up.
- Tactical units remain deployed to locate the network’s leaders, and police indicate early hypotheses point to a transnational operation using Paita; prior finds in the area include a 48-kilo seizure at the port on Oct. 30.