Summary: Police in Colombia takes illegal drugs away from gangs-nearly eight tones of cocaine. The drugs had been hidden on a banana plantation near the north-western coastal town of Turbo. It is said that the greatest amount in our history. Police say the drugs belonged to Clan Usuga of a criminal gang. It is mainly engaged in drug trafficking but has also been accused of extortion, illegal mining, forced disappearances and murder. Besides Clan Usuga, Los Pelusos and Los Puntilleros are also gangs involved in drug trafficking and illegal mining. Earlier this month, the Colombian government said that it would launch air raids against these gangs.
Opinion: It goes without saying that such the criminal gang disappearing brings peace to us. However, it isn’t easy. Illegal activities such as smuggling, which has been done for many years are considered to have been accustomed over the years. I think that in order to disappear all of these criminal gangs, it is necessary that the government try to completely suppress them. So, seizing past the maximum amount of cocaine and declaring to launch air raids must have been one of opportunity to disappear them. I hope that there will be no crime in the world.