IRIONA
Eleven apples grown with coca leaf Six people captured in an operation were destroyed yesterday National Anti-Drug Directorate (DPA) a la Boca de Loro village, In Iriona, Columbus.
The plantation was located after surveillance work by anti-drug agents, who had to walk several hours to reach the site.
In total in the cultivated apples, officers counted 88,000 coca leaf plants, which were uprooted and burned in the area.
They also found an makeshift wooden and zinc construction that they had of narcolaboratori to process the cake sheet and turn it into dough using other ingredients.
In addition, six people were arrested and a firearm and 29,000 lempiras were confiscated. A sample of the coca leaf bushes was not destroyed as it will be taken to Forensic Medicine for an analysis that confirms that it is the illegal crop leaf.
This opinion will serve for the indictment of the six people who were required in the area and who are allegedly linked to the planting of coca leaf bushes.
The six detainees were transported yesterday in an Air Force helicopter from the village of Mouth of Parrot, In Iriona, to Tegucigalpa, where they will be placed at the behest of the corresponding authorities.
With the reports of the investigation and operation of the DNA, The Prosecutor’s Office against the Organized crime determine whether it is appropriate with the indictment against suspects caught on the plantation.
So far this year, the DNP has destroyed 268,625 coca leaf shrubs, mostly in Colón, La Mosquitia and Olancho.
According to the statistics of the National Police, Have dismantled 7 drugstores in the same areas, where they say they are working to prevent further cultivation and discover other sectors where there are plantations.