Venezuela nabs 3 foreign drug smugglers wanted by Interpol

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuela nabs 3 foreign drug smugglers wanted by Interpol
14:07, January 17, 2011

Venezuela has detained three foreign drug smugglers wanted by Interpol and will expel them in a few days, Interior Minister Tarek el Aissami said on Sunday.

One of them is Colombian Gloria Rojas, 56, a member of Mexico's Los Zetas drug cartel who is also wanted by a New York tribunal for cocaine smuggling, he told reporters.

Canadian Robert Stead who tried to traffick heroin to U.S., Canada and European markets, was detained in the Margarita Island on Jan. 13, said the minister.

Dutch Anton Herbam Merk, 61, was detained on Jan. 14. He is also wanted by the Dutch government for links to several Colombian criminal groups and drug trafficking.

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