This illicit money was hidden in the front of an NPR-type vehicle with which apparently cocaine hydrochloride would be purchased as part of the drug trafficking chain.
Troops of the 27th Magdalena Infantry Battalion, of the Ninth Brigade, found 1,400 million pesos at a checkpoint in the village of El Cedro, of the village of Bruselas, in Pitalito, Huila.
This important finding of illicit money from drug trafficking was made thanks to the information provided by the citizen participation network, which alerted the authorities by means of a call about the vehicle, which was traveling along this route to the department of Putumayo.
During the search for the car, the driver offered 20 million pesos to Colombian National Army troops to be able to continue on their way, which generated the rejection of our soldiers, who prioritizing their principles and institutional values, did not accept such a bribe.
This individual was immediately arrested and put into custody of the Sijín of the National Police for prosecution along with the money.
This is how Colombian National Army works in a coordinated way to neutralize the financing lines of the illegal structures that use the department of Huila as a route for the drug trafficking operation.
Source: Press - Fifth Division of Colombian National Army
