According to the information, the troops located a camp in the Pedro Camejo municipality of this border state where 750 panelas of drugs were stored.

The warehouse was discovered during the patrolling, scanning and reconnaissance of roads, routes and zones carried out in that jurisdiction by the Bolivarian troops as part of the Bolivarian Shield 2022 Operation Vuelvan Caras(return faces).

According to the report, the confiscated material was handed over to the National Anti-Drug Command of the Bolivarian National Guard and the Public Prosecutor’s Office for prosecution.

During the last months, the FANB dismantled several structures used for the processing of drugs and the manufacture of explosive devices in that territory bordering Colombia, where irregulars try to establish themselves, terrorize the population and promote actions to destabilize Venezuela.

These tasks are also part of the strategy to fight against illegal trafficking and consumption throughout the nation, in which all security and legal institutions and the national Executive are involved, with the objective of eliminating this scourge.

Likewise, the military forces comply with the provisions of the Venezuelan Constitution, “… to ensure the integrity of the geographic space through military defense”.

The high military commanders have committed themselves to expel drug traffickers who try to use the national territory as an export route, they assure that the FANB will be inflexible in the exercise of sovereignty.

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