The interception operations against drug trafficking continue to led the Army to be a decisive elements against this problem. In the last few hours the Ninth Brigade, through soldiers of the 26th Cacique Pigoanza Infantry Battalion, found more than 700 kilos of creepy-type marijuana.
The operation was reported in the early hours of the morning, when through a checkpoint, a detailed search was carried out on a van, which had modifications on the roof; the illicit substance distributed in packages lined with tape and with identifications that had been conditioned For the alleged crime of trafficking, manufacturing and carrying narcotics, the driver was arrested, who along with the marijuana and the vehicle were put into custody of the authority.
The substance with a cost in the illicit market of approximately 1000 million pesos would be destined to countries in South America and Europe, where the price significantly increased.
The operation leads to preventing approximately 400,000 doses from being distributed, especially among children, young people and adolescents.
It could be established that the vehicle in which the substance was traveling had been reported as stolen in the city of Medell铆n.
In the last 15 days, in the west of Huila, about 900 kilos of narcotics have been found, and the arrest of 16 people for this crime has been reported, those are operations that have hit the illicit activities of criminal structures.
