During advanced operations in the rural area of the municipality of Bolívar, south of the department of Cauca, Army troops found and destroyed a laboratory for the processing of coca base.
Within the framework of the military operations carried out in the south of the department of Cauca, soldiers from the High Mountain Battalion number four of the 29th Brigade of the National Army, dismantled the laboratory that was equipped with more than 600 kilos of coca leaves ready for processing. and 440 gallons of coca base paste in process.
The military action took place in the Los Rastrojos village.
With this result, an impact of more than 500 million pesos is achieved on the criminal structures that operate in the area.
Likewise, the military indicated that, by order of the National Government, they will continue to develop activities that allow the territory to be recovered from illegal armed groups and criminal structures.
More hits
With this operation another blow is dealt to narcoterrorism in the department of Cauca.
Precisely, this week the National Police managed to find and seize 400 kilograms of marijuana on the road that leads from Villarrica, northern Cauca, to Cali.
The discovery was made in the middle of a control and surveillance operation carried out by units of the National Police, in Villarrica.
Colonel Giovanni Torres Bautista, commander of the Cauca Police, said that, “units attached to the Transit and Transportation Section, were carrying out a road prevention area at kilometer 90 Popayán-Cali road section when they signaled a stop to a service vehicle. particular, which did not comply with the police request, causing the car to overturn, the person who was driving the vehicle fled through the cane fields.
Our Uniformed Officers carried out the verification showing that it was transporting four cardboard boxes, two ribs and five black bags, for a total of 700 packages weighing 400 kilos of marijuana.”
Colonel Torres indicated that both the vehicle and the hallucinogenic substance were left at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office.
