The man, presumed responsible for the crime of trafficking, manufacturing and carrying narcotics, was captured, in the department of Huila, during the search of passengers on a collective passenger transport vehicle.
At a checkpoint in the village La Azufrada, on the road that connects the municipality La Plata with Garzón, troops of the Infantry Battalion No.26 'Cacique Pigoanza' of the Ninth Brigade in a coordinated work with the Police, captured Manuel Gustavo Silva Caicedo and discovered approximately 20 kilos of marijuana.
During the voluntary search made to the belongings of the passengers of a collective passenger transport vehicle on the route Guadualejo, in the department of Cauca - Florencia, in the department of Caquetá, the troops found amidst lemons and tangerines, the illicit substance that would reach a cost of 7,000,000 pesos.
Source: Ninth Brigade - Army
