Overview
- Dirandro’s Special Investigations Division intercepted a truck unloading hundreds of boxes in Alto Chira between Dec. 3–5 after months of tracking.
- Preliminary tests by anti-drug forensics identified cocaine hydrochloride of high purity in 3,027 brick-style packages totaling about 3,400 kg.
- The narcotics were concealed among organic bananas to mimic an export load, with investigators saying the route was intended to go through the port of Paita.
- Authorities placed the seizure under prosecutorial control and arranged its transfer to Lima for forensic processing as tactical units continue searches for ringleaders.
- Reports cite the VRAEM as the likely origin and estimate the haul’s value at roughly $150 million in Europe, figures characterized as media assessments.