News:2011-03-21/Eradication/army-reports-seizing-2-3-tonnes-of-marijuana-and-destroying-greenhouses-between-miranda-and-corinto-cauca

NewsEradication21 March 2011

Army reports seizing 2.3 tonnes of marijuana and destroying greenhouses between Miranda and Corinto, Cauca

EFE, in a dispatch carried by Telemedellín, reported General Rafael Alberto Neira of the Third Brigade saying that the army seized 2.3 tonnes of marijuana in a vereda between Miranda and Corinto, Cauca. The dispatch described the marijuana as belonging to the FARC. In the same operation several greenhouses where marijuana was grown were destroyed.

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PlaceCaucaColombia

AgencyEjército Nacional de Colombia, Tercera Brigada

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2011-03-21 Eradication Army reports seizing 2.3 tonnes of marijuana and destroying greenhouses between Miranda and Corinto, Cauca EFE, in a dispatch carried by Telemedellín, reported General Rafael Alberto Neira of the Third Brigade saying that the army seized 2.3 tonnes of marijuana in a vereda between Miranda and Corinto, Cauca. The dispatch described the marijuana as belonging to the FARC. In the same operation several greenhouses where marijuana was grown were destroyed. https://telemedellin.tv/el-ejercito-colombiano-decomisa-23-toneladas-de-marihuana-de-las-farc/ Colombia Cauca Ejército Nacional de Colombia, Tercera Brigada