Cuban Customs Detects Passenger Ingesting Drug Capsules

William Pérez González, first deputy chief of the General Customs of the Republic, reported this Sunday the detection of a passenger with 25 ingested drug capsules on a flight from Panama at José Martí International Airport.

In his account on the social network X, Pérez González stated: "Passenger detected with 25 ingested DRUG capsules on a flight from Panama at Havana Airport," highlighting the effectiveness of the risk analysis and management deployed by Customs and the anti-drug agency.

This detection demonstrates the intent to introduce illicit substances through ingested capsules, a practice that poses serious health risks to those involved in these criminal activities.

International drug trafficking receives severe penalties in accordance with the Cuban State's prevention, detection, and confrontation policy, which maintains a zero-tolerance line against this scourge.

Once again, the effectiveness of the risk analysis and management work carried out jointly by the José Martí International Airport Customs and the Anti-Drug Agency of the Ministry of the Interior was demonstrated.

Additionally, Customs reported on its Facebook profile that Pérez González and Jorge Luis Bubaire Quintana, deputy chiefs of the institution, conducted a working visit to the National Customs Training School, accompanied by the directors of Logistics and Technology and Infocommunications.

During the tour, they evaluated actions linked to the school's comprehensive transformation, including the teaching-educational process, technological modernization, and the creation of a productive hub.

Likewise, Nelson Cordovés Reyes, chief of the General Customs of the Republic, carried out a working visit to the José Martí International Airport Customs, accompanied by Pérez González, Bubaire Quintana, and Amaury Pila Vidal, director of Risk Management and Control.

During the meeting, Yodemide Herrera Torres, chief of the Airport Customs, detailed the actions currently being executed, and a tour of Terminal No. 3 was conducted, where the progress of investment processes being carried out by Civil Aviation was checked.