The drug and the vehicle are valued at USD$690,000.
The experience, expertise and coordinated work conducted by troops of the National Army and the National Police led to deal a heavy blow to the drug trafficking criminal networks. More than half a ton of coca based paste was seized.
Within the framework of Operation Ípsilon, 634 kilos of the narcotic were seized, which had been distributed in 300 packages and hidden in the tank of a vehicle, normally used for the transport of fuel.
Intelligence work established that the illicit substance was loaded in the department of Putumayo and had as destination the interior of the country, from where it would had been sent abroad.
However, the operation conducted in the village El Cedro de Pitalito, in Huila, was strategic to hit drug traffickers and succeed on the operation.
An individual was captured in flagrante. He, the vehicle and the drug found were put into custody of the authorities.
Source: National Army News Agency
