The destruction of a laboratory for the processing of coca in Tumaco, in Nariño, ended in a riot against units of the National Army. Amid the threats, the community took various materials used for the production of drugs.
The cultivation of drugs and the discovery of a coca laboratory in the rural area of Tumaco, Nariño, An altercation broke out with a machete in hand. The community prevented the destruction of the place. The habitants They took some of the items and damaged others.
According to the National Army, the laboratory would belong to FARC dissidents who instrumentalized to the inhabitants of the La Bodega village, in Tumaco.
This was confirmed by General Carlos Alberto Padilla, commander of the Joint Stabilization and Consolidation Task Force Hercules: “These criminals were found guarding the illegal complex, who instrumentalized the civilian population, gathering between 100 and 200 residents to interrupt the operational work of the Military Forces.”
What did they manage to seize in the laboratory?
In addition, General Padilla assured that “more than 200 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride were found, more than 5,000 gallons of liquid supplies and 200 kilograms of solid inputs.”
To prevent the public force from reaching the area, the criminals surrounded the place with 34 antipersonnel mines that were buried in the undergrowth. If the minefield is not detected, The troops of the Joint Task Force Hercules would have fallen into the trap of the FARC dissidents.
“This laboratory, with the capacity to produce between three and four tons of cocaine hydrochloride per month, would belong to the illegal finance subsystem of the organized armed group Ivan RiosSecond Marquetalia,” said General Padilla.
For now, military operations continue in the area.
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