Venezuela sets up superintendent office to fight drug trafficking

Maduro ordered coordination between the Superintendent´s Office and other State institutions to promote prevention policies to reduce the consumption of hallucinogenic substances in the country by using educational and recreational actions.

He also underscored the Bolivarian government's commitment to reinforce operations to capture and intercept drug shipments in Venezuela, all of which come from Colombia, where Colombian drug cartels try to use Venezuelan territory to move at least 8% of their production to major markets in the United States and Europe.

After the expulsion of the US Drug Control Administration in 2005, Venezuela increased raids against drug trafficking, seizing as many as 813 tons of drugs to date.