Authorities in Alta Verapaz have issued a "maximum alert" after having found out that there are 445 kilos of cocaine still circulating.

This information was obtained after Alberto Pitam, the pastor of the evangelical church at Cubilhuitz, Alta Verapaz, was arrested as he was attempting to negotiate the sale of 45 kilos of cocaine. After several months of investigation, Antidrug police forces obtained information that the Finca Dolores was being used as a storage center for the drug, and that during the course of the week Pitam would make a sale.

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