BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s national police on Monday confiscated a shipment of guns and ammunition, destined for Ecuador, after stopping a vehicle in the south of the country.
Authorities seized 111 pistols, seven rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition worth more than $22,000 in Colombia’s Putumayo province, which borders Ecuador, police said.
Colombia has seen an increase in arms trafficking in recent years, while a Reuters investigation in 2022 found Mexican cartels pay for cocaine shipments with guns.
(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta and Nelson Bocanegra; Writing by Oliver Griffin; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
