In military operations Army neutralizes Eln clandestine hideout in El Catatumbo

Army dismantles coca base paste production clandestine hideout in El Catatumbo

The operations in the same way led to the discovery of a car and a motorcycle with Venezuelan license plates carrying stolen petroleum.

In compliance with the Heroes of Freedom Bicentennial Campaign Plan, troops of the Vulcano Task Force, military unit attached to the Second Division of the National Army, find in the rural area of ​​the municipality of Tibú, Norte de Santander, and dismantled an illegal construction for the production of coca base paste; they also achieved the discovery of a vehicle and a motorcycle carrying stolen petroleum.

The military operation began in the Altos de San Miguel village, municipality of La Gabarra, Norte de Santander, where bicentenary heroes of the Artillery Battalion No. 30 'Batalla de Cúcuta', found a clandestine hideout hidden in the undergrowth, in which members of the Organized Armed Group, GAO -Eln stored 115 gallons of coca base in process, 50 kilos of lime, 50 kilos of cement and 25 kilos of Urea.

In parallel to these operations, military of the Engineers Battalion No.30. ‘Coronel José Salazar Arana’, found and recovered in the village El Quemadero, municipality of Tibú, a vehicle with Venezuelan license plates carrying 420 gallons of stolen petroleum; in the sector a motorcycle with a license plate of the neighboring country was in the same way found.

Source: Vulcano Task Force