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Peru Police Seize 62 Cocaine Bricks in Juliaca Warehouse Linked to Bolivia-Bound Network

Investigators say traffickers used courier consignments to skirt road controls en route to Desaguadero.

Overview

  • Anti-drug officers with customs support found four cardboard boxes holding 62 brick-type packages in a cargo company’s warehouse on Jirón Mama Ocllo near the Juliaca bus terminal.
  • Field tests returned positive results for cocaine alkaloid, with police reporting a total weight of about 63 kilograms and an estimated local value of $93,000.
  • Authorities say the load originated in Lima and was moving through Puno with Desaguadero at the Bolivia border as its destination.
  • A separate intervention in Ilave seized 17 packages from vehicle Z2U-583, and both consignments bore a raised dolphin marking that police say links them to one criminal organization.
  • Police report they have leads on the sender and intended recipient, lab confirmation is pending, and no arrests have been announced as the investigation continues.