The Bolivarian National Armed Forces , in the context of the Bolivarian Shield Operation ” Wara 2023 ” , in river patrol work , detected and seized a semi – submersible submarine belonging to the Colombian Drug Trafficking Armed Terrorist Groups ( TANCOL ) at the mouth of the Orinoco River , used to trying to cross Venezuelan territory surreptitiously and carry out their illicit actions in this way.

Operation Roraima On other hand , in the Bolívar Integral Defense Operational Zone , the security forces , during the execution of Operation Roraima 2023 , the Bolívar and Sucre Rapid Reaction Units destroyed a camp in La Paragua , where there were six engines , 600 liters of fuel , 450 meters of high – pressure hose , eight 12 – meter rafts , 250 meters of tubes , six turbines among others . It is worth emphasizing that Operation Bolivarian Shield is carried out throughout the territorial defense system to deal with criminal groups that intend to violate the stability of the nation.
In reconnaissance and patrol work , members of Comprehensive Defense Zone (ZODI) Falcón located illicit substances such as marijuana . Said procedure was ordered by the Prosecutor’s Office number 13 of the Public Ministry. This information was provided by the General in Chief Domingo Antonio Hernández Lárez in an official Twitter account, where he specified that “in coastal patrol work in the state of Falcón, the FANB locates in a state of abandonment 838 panelas of marijuana with a weight of 456,725 kilograms Venezuela is a moral bastion in the fight against the scourge of drugs ” .