Norte de Santander. In military operations and military control of area, troops of the Vulcano Task Force, a military unit of the Second Division of the National Army, in compliance with the Campaign Plan 'Victoria' and the military and police campaign Esparta, In recent days, have achieved the dismantling of six coca base paste laboratories and two illegal hideouts with a large amount of solid and liquid precursors. The operation was carried out in the rural area of the municipalities of Sardinata and El Tarra, in the Catatumbo region, in the department of Norte de Santander.
With the discovery of this structure at the service of drug trafficking, troops found 2,145 gallons of coca paste in process, 3,943 gallons of gasoline, 563 kilograms of coca leaf, 311 gallons of liquid precursors and 375 kilograms of solid precursors, used for the chemical process of narcotic production. In addition, in these places, troops found a motor-pump, two precision scales, two precipitation systems, two stoves and a power generator. Elements and precursors that were put into custody of the authority for the judicial process.
