They were sentenced to 30 years in prison

  • Dec, Fri, 2024


The Public Ministry reported that three officials of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) were sentenced to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking. These are 111 kilos of marijuana, seized in December 2020 in Falcon.

Through a press release obtained by EFEthe Prosecutor’s Office indicated that the officials were arrested in December 2020, after the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) found the drugs in a parked vehicle. in a hotel in the city of Punto Fijo, in the state of Falcón.

In the car, which contained the 111 kilos of marijuana, the GNB officials They found identification documents, PNB credentials and invoices with the names of the convicted police officers, Josbelys Primera, Ronny Ruiz and Andry José Leal.

Likewise, he said that during the trial he ratified the accusation for the commission of “aggravated illicit trafficking of narcotic substances and psychotropic in the modalities of concealment and greater amounts.

«Once the tax representation evacuated the elements of evidence concerning the case, the First Trial Court of that jurisdiction handed down the aforementioned sentence and ordered the confinement of the three officers at the headquarters of the PNB in ​​the state of Falcón«added the Public Ministry.

According to the National Anti-Drug Superintendency (Sunad), Venezuelan authorities confiscated a total of 25,186 kilos of drugs during the first six months of the year, when they also detained 6,196 people for crimes related to this type of substances.

Last year, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and different security forces reported the seizure of 52,186.8 kilos of drugs, 10% more compared to 47,264.8 kilos in 2022, according to Sunad.

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