Tegucigalpa.
the Honduran security forces more than 15,000 marijuana plants were discovered in the Caribbean department of Columbus on Saturday, Armed Forces spokesman Jose Coello said.
The plantation was in the village Key Mountain range, in the municipality of Tocoa, and was located by soldiers, has indicated Coit, that said that there are no stopped by this case.
He further noted that the finding was made through a “high-impact operation” of the Xatruch Joint Task Force.
The military spokesman said the marijuana plants were “fully developed and ready for the cutting and preparation of the narcotic,” and authorities will proceed in the next few hours to destroy them.
More agents from the Fight Against Drug Trafficking (LCN) took part in the operation.
Honduran authorities have begun investigations to identify, locate and detain people involved in the cultivation and trafficking of marijuana in Columbus, the armed institution said.
The drug was secured during an operation as part of the land, sea and air shield that Honduran authorities launched in 2014 to reduce drug trafficking from South America, he added.
The maritime shield has the support of United States through a coastguard in international waters adjacent to those of the Central American nation in the Caribbean, While the air is executed by Honduras unilaterally.
Agents of the National Police, the Public Order Military Police and other institutions develop the ground shield The measure has drastically reduced the passage of drugs through Honduras, where previously landings of cocaine-laden planes were frequent and the final destination was Mexico and the United States, according to authorities.
Honduras is a bridge for South American drug traffickers who use clandestine tracks on their route with shipments of drugs, especially cocaine, to the United States, although part of that alkaloid remains in the country, according to authorities.
In 2020, Honduran authorities confiscated more than 4.5 tons of drugs and destroyed 35 clandestine airstrips that were allegedly used by drug traffickers to bring illegal substances to Mexico and the United States, according to official figures.