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NewsEradication19 July 2018

Police and army pull up 590 marijuana plants from a plot in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Zona Bananera

Opinión Caribe reported that the Magdalena police, with the army's High Mountain Battalion No. 6, eradicated by hand 590 marijuana plants from a plot of 1,594.59 square metres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, in rural Zona Bananera.

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PlaceZona BananeraMagdalenaColombia

AgencyPolicía Magdalena and Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 6

Plants eradicated590

Hectares0.16

Approximate location10.76, -74.16

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2018-07-19 Eradication Police and army pull up 590 marijuana plants from a plot in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Zona Bananera Opinión Caribe reported that the Magdalena police, with the army's High Mountain Battalion No. 6, eradicated by hand 590 marijuana plants from a plot of 1,594.59 square metres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, in rural Zona Bananera. https://www.opinioncaribe.com/2018/07/19/destruyen-cultivo-de-marihuana-en-la-sierra-nevada/ Colombia Magdalena Zona Bananera 10° 45' 36.00" N, 74° 9' 36.00" W jurisdiction centre Policía Magdalena and Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 6 0.16 590