Honduran and a Nicaraguan are among seven suspected members of a Central American ring arrested on arms and drug smuggling charges in Colombia,

Honduran and a Nicaraguan are among seven suspected members of a Central American ring arrested on arms and drug smuggling charges in Colombia, the DAS security agency said.

The arrests were made during “Operation Oracle AE2,” which was carried out by Colombian, Central American and U.S. law enforcement agencies, the DAS said.

The Colombian navy, DAS and Attorney General’s Office, with the assistance of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, as well as law enforcement agencies in Honduras and Panama, carried out the operation, the DAS said.

An 18-month investigation led to the arrests of the network’s seven members in Barranquilla, San Andres and the Caribbean resort city of Cartagena.

Franklin William McField Bent, a Nicaraguan national, was among those arrested.

McField was identified as the individual responsible for receiving the drugs being smuggled from Colombia’s Caribbean coast to Central America, the DAS said.

Edwin Leonardo Rodriguez Leon, a Colombian arrested in the operation, allegedly provided McField with the narcotics.

Miguel Villela, a Honduran citizen, and four other Colombians were also arrested in the operation.

The suspects all face criminal conspiracy, as well as arms and drug charges, the DAS said.

The ring smuggled arms from Central America to illegal armed groups in Colombia, receiving cocaine in exchange for the weapons, officials said