News:2019-09-04/Eradication/police-and-army-pull-up-1-653-marijuana-and-2-560-coca-plants-on-a-four-hectare-plot-in-vereda-miramar-guachac

NewsEradication4 September 2019

Police and army pull up 1,653 marijuana and 2,560 coca plants on a four-hectare plot in vereda Miramar, Guachaca

Seguimiento reported that the Antinarcotics Group of Police Region 8 and the army's High Mountain Battalion No. 6 eradicated by hand 2,560 coca plants and 1,653 marijuana plants on a plot of about four hectares in vereda Miramar, corregimiento of Guachaca, in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

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PlaceMiramarMagdalenaColombia

AgencyPolicía Nacional de Colombia, Grupo Antinarcóticos Regional 8, and Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 6

Plants eradicated1,653

Approximate location11.25, -73.83

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2019-09-04 Eradication Police and army pull up 1,653 marijuana and 2,560 coca plants on a four-hectare plot in vereda Miramar, Guachaca Seguimiento reported that the Antinarcotics Group of Police Region 8 and the army's High Mountain Battalion No. 6 eradicated by hand 2,560 coca plants and 1,653 marijuana plants on a plot of about four hectares in vereda Miramar, corregimiento of Guachaca, in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. https://seguimiento.co/la-samaria/erradican-4-hectareas-de-cultivos-de-marihuana-y-cocaina-en-la-sierra-nevada-28770 Colombia Magdalena Miramar 11° 15' 0.00" N, 73° 49' 48.00" W jurisdiction centre Policía Nacional de Colombia, Grupo Antinarcóticos Regional 8, and Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 6 1653