“This system helps us monitor whether a vehicle carrying chemicals has diverted from its route or has stopped and opened its cargo doors,” says Rodrigo Vélez, director of The National Council for the Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances.
They give extra attention to chemicals used in the making of cocaine and heroin leading to an increased number of seizures and the destruction of more than a dozen illegal laboratories.
Other countries including Argentine, Peru, and Chile have all expressed interest in installing the same GPS tracking prevention system.