In the sites troops found 539 gallons of gasoline, 245 coca base in process and 30 of ammonia.
In the framework of the Military and Police Campaign 'Esparta', the soldiers of the Thirtieth Brigade, belonging to the Second Division, carried out military operations achieving the discovery and destruction of three laboratories that were used for the production of coca base paste in the department of Norte de Santander.
The operations were carried out by troops of the Mechanized Cavalry Group No. 5 General Hermógenes Maza and the Infantry Battalion No. 1 'General Simón Bolívar', who they entered the wooded areas of the Fátima and San Luis Alto de Sardinata villages, and Corinto, in Tibú.
In the sites troops found 539 gallons of gasoline, 245 coca base in process and 30 ammonia; as well as solid precursors such as 450 kilograms of chopped coca leaf, 50 kilos of cement, 25 of lime and 10 of nitrate ammonium, which were used to process coca base paste and subsequently obtain cocaine.
With the dismantling of the structures, the GAO Eln’s finances were hit, which stop receiving money of the sale and marketing of hallucinogenic substances, resources that are used for the purchase of war material and explosive material.
Source: National Army
