Government figures state that this year 15.5 tons of different types of drugs were seized from January 1 to November 24.

The confiscated drugs, the highest figure since Bukele took office in 2019, have an estimated value of $391.8 million in markets, according to official data.

The information from the Security Cabinet assert that from 2019 to date 47.7 tons of different types of drugs valued at 1.093 billion were seized, as part of which seizures outstand those made by the Salvadoran National Navy in the Pacific Ocean.

This is the best year, the most efficient year we have had, they enthused.

This is what actually attracts international attention, said a few days ago the Defense Minister, Rear Admiral René Francis Merino.

According to the report the main stash of seized drugs were cocaine, marijuana, crack, heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamine and fentanyl.

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