Cocaine hydrochloride laboratory dismantled in the Nariño Pacific region
In compliance with the Heroes de la Libertad Bicentenary Campaign Plan, the Hercules Joint Stabilization and Consolidation Task Force, in a joint military operation conducted by the National Army, the National Navy and interinstitutional with the Attorney General's Office, achieved the finding and dismantling of a laboratory used for the production of cocaine hydrochloride, belonging to the residual Organized Armed Group, GAO-r, Iván Ríos.
After several days of follow-up, naval intelligence work achieved the identification of an area on the Mira River near the municipality El Papayal in the municipality of Tumaco, where members of this gang were carrying out logistical coordination for the collection of liquid and solid supplies used in the production of cocaine hydrochloride.
In the operation, five substructures were dismantled that had the capacity to produce about two tons of narcotics per month. Within these complexes, 1,342 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride, 300 kilograms of solid precursors, 2218 gallons of liquid precursors, machinery, equipment and other elements were found by troops. The structures and the material found were destroyed in controlled conditions.
This decisive blow was dealt by troops of the National Army's Anti-Drug Trafficking Command and Transnational Threats, the Navy Infantry Brigade No.4, and supported by mobility and maneuver battalion No.3.
With this decisive result, the financial structure of this gang that commits crimes such as drug trafficking is damaged; they stop receiving about 45 million dollars, product of the commercialization of cocaine on the international market. In the same way, the distribution of approximately 2,400,000 doses on the streets of the world is prevented.
It should be noted that, for the construction of these structures, criminal organizations destroyed more than one hectare of natural resources, significantly harming the environment. In addition, the residues of the chemical substances found were left indiscriminately in the soils and water sources such as the Mira River, becoming a primary source of pollution in the area.
Source: Press - Joint Task Force Hercules
