Almost 500kg of cocaine was discovered onboard a Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) flight from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to Madrid, Spain, in February. Concerning details about the drug bust have emerged that suggest authorities and airline officials were complicit in the trafficking operation.
Half a ton drug bust in Madrid
As first reported by El País, 484kg of cocaine was smuggled into Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) on a February 12th BoA flight from Viru Viru International Airport (VVI), operated by Spanish charter airline Wamos Air. The illicit shipment was discovered after Spanish authorities searched the cargo hold of the Wamos Air Airbus A330 that had operated Flight OB776.
The Bolivian government has now admitted that drug trafficking has “permeated” many institutions, including customs, airports, the police and BoA management.
Former Bolivian president Evo Morales commented,
“The protection of drug trafficking by Arce’s ministers is clearly proven. The enormous cocaine shipment transported with BoA shows the penetration of drug trafficking in the government, and institutional and political complicity.”
Some suspicious details in this case would support this assertion – airport police and anti-drug chiefs did not take any action until forced to after the bust was made public, while the Bolivian government claims to have known nothing about the alleged drug bust until May.
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