Five members of a drug trafficking network operating in the United States were detained

A preventive detention order with imprisonment was issued by the 9^th Municipal Criminal Judge in Barranquilla (Atlántico), acting a supervisory judge, against five people who allegedly belonged to a transnational criminal organization whose aim was to traffick in cocaine to the United States through vessels.

As a result of an investigation conducted by the National Police authorities from DIJIN,under the coordination of the 26^th Prosecutor´s Office from the National Directorate specialized in Antinarcotics and Money Laundering, it could be established the existence of a criminal network which was formed of more than 36 people that has been breaking up.