The complex made up of six rustic structures would belong to the Organized Armed Group, GAO, Eln.
The military operation continues against the factors of instability that intend to strike this region of the country, this time troops neutralized a cocaine hydrochloride production laboratory, which housed more than 700 kilograms of the narcotic.
More than 6,300 gallons of liquid precursors were destroyed at the scene and nearly 700 kilograms of coca paste were found by troops.
Tanks, electricity generators, condensing and distillation systems, hydraulic presses and other material and equipment used for production were in the same way found on site.
This work carried out by troops of the Second Division of the National Army with the support of the Command against drug Trafficking and Transnational Threats, using aircraft of the Air Force and the Division of Aviation Air Assault in a coordinated work with the National Police, has managed to report the finding of more than 7 tons in just the first month of the year, in the department of Norte de Santander.
Troops have in this way hit the illegal activities of these armed groups by more than six billion pesos, thus achieving a favorable share in the frontal fight against drug trafficking, being guarantors of the well-being and protection of the Colombian people.
Source: press-National Army
