The stolen petroleum was stored at the site to be used for the production of narcotics.
As part of the Ayacucho Plan, National Army troops found in the rural area of City of Cúcuta, Department of Norte de Santander, a refinery where stolen petroleum was stored, which was used by drug trafficking structures in the production of cocaine hydrochloride.
In the middle of the vegetation were found by troops elements and equipment used for the extraction and transport of the petroleum petroleum that was stolen, among them, 2 distillation tower, 7 drums with capacity to store 1000 liters each; in the same way, 5 engines, 20 meters of hose and 8 tubes.
The illegal extraction of petroleum hits the pipeline directly with the installation of valves from where the structures specialized in drug trafficking take out the petroleum petroleum converted into the precursor known as "pategrillo" to be used in laboratories as fuel in the production of cocaine hydrochloride.
Source: Press – National Army
