HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 12 (acn) Cuba had the second lowest level of drug confiscation of the past 14 years as a result of improved comprehensive strategies to prevent and confront the issue in the country.
Granma daily reported on Thursday that a little more than 1,801kg of narcotics, most of that in connection with 260 packages washed ashore, had been seized.
The newspaper adds that coastguard units with the help of the local population had managed to recover 1,746.3 kg, less than the amount found in 2007 (3,074.6 Kg) mostly from 172 packages that hit the Cuban coasts.
The largest amount of narcotics confiscated last year came from a failed drug trafficking operation frustrated by the U.S Coastguard Service thanks to information provided by Cuba, which reported the sighting of the boat carrying the shipment.
Even though drug trafficking operations continue with speedboats and aircrafts in routes close to Cuba, only 44 boats and 4 planes possibly involved in such actions were seen in 2008.
Since 2004, no case of droppings of drug packages in the sea have been reported, neither similar operations.
On the other hand, 13 operations of international drug trafficking were frustrated in Cuban airports by Costumes and the Interior Ministry, while 121 foreign tourists were detected carrying small quantities of drugs for their consumption on their way through the island's air frontier.
Cuba has strengthened its relations with international institutions and other multilateral mechanisms that fight drug trafficking, to which it contributes experiences and leads joint investigations.
(Decrece presencia de drogas en Cuba)
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