Drug ring dismantled after arrests in Bogota, Miami .

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Colombia Reports

Drug ring dismantled after arrests in Bogota, Miami .
Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:27
Brandon Barrett

National police dismantled an international drug ring after several arrests in Bogota, Miami and the western Colombian cities of Tulua and Buenaventura.

The drug smuggling network operated primarily out of airports in Bogota and Cali, with the complicity of several security staff.

"This network, led by Victor Manuel Ramirez Montana, a Colombian national, and Oswaldo Wally Lora, a U.S. citizen that has specialized in contraband parcels, suitcases with false bottoms and the use of couriers, especially foreigners, to send cocaine hydrochloride to Europe," said Director of Narcotics, General Luis Alberto Perez.

The investigation began with the arrest of an American member of the drug ring, Deion Lemar Burton. The former U.S. naval officer was caught with five kg of cocaine in Bogota's El Dorado airport in October 2011.

Read more: http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/23964-drug-ring-dismantled-after-arrests-in-bogota-miami.html

[Ezlivin]

1. Hooray! The Drug War is finally over!

I guess we can declare victory and bring all the troops home.

[hobbit709]

2. And by now there are at least 5 other groups replacing that one.

[Texano78704]

3. 5 kilos?

Meanwhile tons more cocaine continue to enter the country virtually unimpeded. It's impossible to stop the supply without doing anything about the demand.