Venezuela has started joint military naval exercises with The Netherlands and Aruba. The operation has been codenamed "Venhol Open Eyes 2008" and will last a week. Two frigates, a logistics support ship and several patrol boats are taking part. The exercises will involve search and save and anti-drugs control scenarios. A communique from the Navy (Armada) indicates that the objective is to update and train people to react to situations of crisis and assess their reaction capacity. State Political & Security (DISIP) Police officer, Luis Alfonso Gandia Fernandez has been arrested for alleged involvement in pilfering a bank's cash after a transport courier was shot dead. According to sources, the accused attempted to shoot a motor courier to rob him of his motorbike but the courier survived. The official fired on police officers who arrived on the scene and was wounded in the leg.
The Attorney General's Office has charged three officers belonging to the National Guard (GNB) anti-extortion and kidnap group in Lara State. The names of the officers are: Yilford Gimenez, Roger Garrido and Ulises Montilla and they stand accused of forced disappearance of Jose Rafael Grosso last December.
At least 4 police officers belonging to the Zulia State Police and a condemned kidnapper are under investigation for taking out and selling one tonne and a half of seized cocaine from a safety deposit. The theft took place between 2005-2006 and the cocaine was substituted for other minor drugs. The five then caused a fire to destroy the evidence hoping that it would be reported as the result of a short-circuit. Two of the officers were on active service, another left after two months and the last had been expelled from the service.
The National Anti-Drugs Office (ONA) has announced a plan to work with Communal Councils in its domestic war on drugs. According to ONA articulation and prevention network coordinator, Rafael Sanchez, the ONA plans to incorporate 50,000 councils as collaborators with State commissioners. Offices are being set up in each of the 27 ministries.
The National Electricity Corporation has announced measures to boost security in key installations to avoid a repeat of the blackout that affected major cities throughout Venezuela last week. Corporation president, Hipolito Izquierdo says the measure is to prevent any sabotage or accidental faults on the nine stations. Investments in the sector, Izquierdo clarifies, are long term since the government decided to expand and finish important energy projects. It is believed that several managers of the main station affected have been dismissed.
Patrick J. O'Donoghuepatrick.vheadline@gmail.com
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