Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 24 Oct 2021, 05:58 am Print
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Bogota: Colombian security officials have arrested the country's most wanted drug trafficker.
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was seized after a joint operation by the army, air force and police on Saturday, reports BBC.
The government had offered a $800,000 (£582,000) reward for information about his whereabouts, while the US placed a $5m bounty on his head, reported the British media.
Como Comandante Supremo de las @FuerzasMilCol, me siento orgulloso del trabajo adelantado en la operación Osiris, un despliegue militar sin precedentes, que demuestra que combatimos a las estructuras criminales de manera frontal y contundente, por el bienestar de los colombianos. pic.twitter.com/lAnA6trbgw
— Iván Duque 🇨🇴 (@IvanDuque) October 24, 2021
Country's President Iván Duque also confirmed the development on Twitter.
"This is the biggest blow against drug trafficking in our country this century," he was quoted as saying by BBC.
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