National Guard Commander General Fredys Alonso Carrión said the moves intended to preserve food security in Venezuela have resulted in 4.93 tons of food items seized so far this year.

Alonso Carrión explained that even though food items have been seized nationwide, the largest seizures took place in the states of Táchira and Zulia, on the border with Colombia. Therefore, they assumed the food was to be smuggled to Colombia.

The National Guard has seized sugar, rice, corn precooked flour, powder milk, and chicken, among others.