The Army dismantled a coca laboratory valued at one billion pesos in Cúcuta

National Army Troops They dismantled a complex for the production of coca base paste valued at more than one billion pesos In Norte de Santander, which would belong to the ELN, an armed group that crimes in the rural area of Cúcuta.

In the midst of military operations, the units located the structures used For alkaloid processing, which was one of the financing methods of the guerrillas.

In the seizure The authorities found a total of 410 gallons of coca base paste, more than a thousand gallons of liquid inputs and three hundred kilos of solid inputs, in artisanal laboratories in the area.

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The events were presented in the corregimiento of Palmarito, of the rural area of Cúcuta, northern Santander, within the framework of the Ayacucho Plus campaign plan and in a coordinated work between the National Army and the Sijin. The uniformed destroyed a complex with three structures used for the production of coca base paste, Belonging to the Juan Fernando Porras Front.

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Juan Camilo Sánchez, second commander of the Cavalry Group number five Maza del Army, He indicated that, during the place record, the soldiers of the thirtieth brigade found 410 coca -based gallons in process and more than a thousand Gallons of ACPM.

“In the complex there were more than 160 kilos of industrial salt, forty kilos of cement and one hundred kilos of urea, used for the elaboration of the narcotic, where there were more than nine hundred kilos of coca base and that is part of the illegal economy of the ELN, “said the officer.

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Sanchez added that “the coca base paste found in these artisanal laboratories has an estimated value in the 900 million pesos. Likewise, The destruction of this complex valued in more than one billion pesos translates into an important operational result that represents a significant blow to drug trafficking finances In the region, directly reducing the chain of illegal substances and weakening the economic resources of the Gao Eln “.

Operations military continue in the area, where there is interference from the ELN and the dissidents of the FARC, They are still facing several municipalities of Catatumbo for more than seven months.