As part of the operation against drug trafficking, a vehicle with 143 kilograms of coca paste was intercepted; in the same way marijuana was to be distributed in the criminal micro-trafficking networks of the south of the country.
As a result of the constant military and police operation that has been carried out during 2022, with the purpose of dismantling the drug trafficking networks in charge of the residual Organized Armed Groups that commit crimes in the region, troops of the National Army, through coordinated and inter-institutional operations with the National Police and the Attorney General's Office, found 3,642 kilograms of marijuana, valued at about 5,000 million pesos, about US $ 1,240,000.
The first incident occurred in the El Caraño sector, municipality of Florencia, Caquetá. There, 3,000 kilograms of the narcotic were found by troops in a truck. The criminals, in their eagerness to disorient the authorities, would have tried to hide the cargo in food for dogs, but thanks to the expertise of the military and police officers it was discovered.
The second incident occurred at the checkpoint on the Las Garzas sector, of the municipality of Florencia, Caquetá, where after the inspection carried out on a vehicle and thanks to the use of a trained dog, several packages were detected in the upper part of the vehicle, on a double tent. After checking, it was possible to show that 642 kilograms of marijuana were being hidden.
Finally, 143 kilos of coca paste base were found by troops at kilometer 65, on the road that leads from Florencia to the municipality of Suaza, Huila, which were hidden in a van.
With these damages to the illicit activities of the residual organized armed group Míller Perdomo Structure, the distribution of marijuana and coca paste base in this region of the country through micro-trafficking is prevented.
The material, the vehicles and the arrested, who must face charges for the crime of trafficking, manufacture or carrying of narcotics, were put into custody of the competent authorities for their respective judicial processes.
Source: Press - National Army
