Troops of the Twenty-Ninth Brigade dismantled two laboratories in the rural area of Morales and Balboa, and so they hit the GAO-r and the GAO - Eln that commit crimes in this area.
The first operation was carried out by troops of the High Mountain Battalion No. 4 'Brigadier General Benjamín Herrera Cortes', in the Caspicaracho village, in Balboa, where the soldiers found 385 gallons of coca base in process, 10 gallons of gasoline, one gallon of hydrochloric acid, one kilogram of potassium permanganate, 30 kilograms of salt, 30 kilograms of ammonium, 10 kilograms of cement, 20 kilograms of lime, 365 kilograms of chopped coca leaf, one scale and 20 metallic barrels of 55 gallons .
This laboratory had the capacity to produce approximately 100 kilos of coca base paste monthly for the "José María Becerra" front of the armed group Eln.
Meanwhile, in the rural area of El Playón village, in the municipality of Morales, soldiers of the Infantry Battalion No. 7 'General José Hilario López' find a clandestine construction that served as a laboratory for the production of at least 50 kilos of coca base paste monthly. In this place troops found 110 kilograms of coca leaf, 110 gallons of coca leaf in process, 40 kilograms of caustic soda, 10 kilograms of gray cement, 50 kilograms of lime, 50 gallons of gasoline and 10 plastic barrels of 55 gallons.
Source: Twenty-ninth Brigade - National Army
