Washington, Dec 30 (NationPress) US President Donald Trump claimed that the United States targeted a "dock area" in Venezuela last week, which was reportedly utilized by suspected drug traffickers to load vessels with illicit substances.

If these statements are confirmed, this would mark the first documented land strike by the Trump administration against the oil-rich country, according to the Xinhua news agency.

Trump informed reporters in Florida, "There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs. So we hit all the boats, and now we hit the area -- it's an implementation area, that's where they implement, and that is no longer around."

Details on whether the operation was conducted by the Pentagon or another US agency remain undisclosed.

The Venezuelan government has not yet provided a response.

According to CNN, citing anonymous sources familiar with the incident, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) executed a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility along the Venezuelan coast, targeting a remote dock believed to be used by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua for drug storage and transfer to boats.

No casualties were reported at the site during the strike, with sources indicating that US Special Operations Forces played a role in providing intelligence support.

Trump initially disclosed the strike in a Friday interview with WABC radio, stating that his administration had dismantled "a big facility" allegedly responsible for drug production in Venezuela.

He elaborated, "We just knocked out -- I don't know if you read or you saw -- they have a big plant or big facility where they send the, you know, where the ships come from. Two nights ago, we knocked that out, so we hit them very hard."

For several months, the United States has increased its military presence in Caribbean waters near Venezuela as part of an anti-narco-terrorism initiative. Since September, the US has reportedly sunk about 30 suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, resulting in over 100 fatalities.

Venezuela has consistently accused Washington of aiming for regime change and military expansion within Latin America.

On Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expressed a willingness to engage in dialogue with the United States based on mutual respect, provided the US refrains from interfering in Venezuelan affairs.