Network that traded synthetic drugs at electronic music events falls

Eight people were detained in various search and search procedures in the country when they were identified by police as alleged members of an international network called ‘los Finos’, which is dedicated to trafficking synthetic drugs in the Caribbean, headquartered in Barranquilla (Atlantic).

This was reported by the authorities on the morning of this Wednesday, December 7, assuring that the detainees, who operated under the guise of a legal company to import ketamine, a dissociative drug with hallucinogenic potential, fell after an investigation that lasted about 15 months , carried out by the armed institution in cooperation with the Sectional Prosecutor’s Office for Micro-Trade 61.

“The case against this criminal structure started in September 2021 thanks to information from a human source, who warned about the existence of a group of people involved in this crime in Barranquilla. A team of detectives from the Sijín was immediately available to carry out the relevant actions, based on telephone interceptions,” the police said.

In this way, they identified at least eight suspected members of the gang and their locations, as well as the roles of each.

“There were 12 searches and searches, three in Barranquilla, in buildings in the Paraíso, Altamira and Miramar neighborhoods; one in Puerto Colombia, in the Villa Campestre neighborhood; five in Sincelejo, five in Santa Marta and one in Medellín,” police said.

It turned out that during these searches they found a 9-millimeter Glock pistol-type firearm, two traumatic firearms, 32 38-caliber rounds, 50 9-millimeter caliber rounds, 13 cell phones, 192 grams of MDMA or Endi, aka “the gray death ‘, 150 doses of LCD, 127 grams of 2CB, $430, $5 million, two gold necklaces and three gold bracelets.