Venezuela captures two Colombian drug planes

The Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (Ceofanb) of Venezuela captured two Colombian drug trafficking aircrafts as part of actions developed to guarantee national sovereignty.

In a message in Twitter, Ceofanb said that the capture of the planes was carried out thanks to the deployment of Operation Shield Shark 2020.

For its part, the Integral Aerospace Defense Command reported that in five months of 2020 there have been 17 captures of drug trafficking mafias and 196 since the DEA, the U.S. government anti-drug office, was expelled from Venezuela.

On May 7, Ceofanb also captured an aircraft used for drug trafficking in the south of Zulia state, as part of Operation Bolivarian Shield Shark 2020, activated after the attempt to land mercenary troops off the coast of La Guaira on May 3.

'The Bolivarian National Armed Force remains alert and vigilant to any menace that threatens the security and sovereignty of the country,' Ceofanb stressed on Twitter.