Quito, 19 Feb. The Ecuadorian armed forces reported on Sunday the destruction of a cocaine base paste processing laboratory, located in the Amazon province of Sucumbíos, on the border with Colombia.
According to the military, the laboratory “had a production capacity of about two tons per month and an estimated capacity of 25 or 30 people”.
In coordination with other state institutions, military surveillance and reconnaissance operations were carried out, with the technical personnel of military intelligence, they said.
A citizen was apprehended and 4,000 gallons (approximately 15,000 liters) of acetone, 100 gallons (approximately 378 liters) of distillate, a rifle, four 16-gauge cartridges, nine microwaves, fifteen bags of calcium chloride, five drums of acid were seized. and four scales.
In addition, a vacuum packer, an electric generator, 110 gallons of diesel, a truck, two gas cylinders and two pulleys.
Police Commander Fausto Salinas said the investigation “has led to the location and destruction of a cocaine hydrochloride processing laboratory in the La Barquilla sector, via La Bonita, Sucumbíos”.
Over the past two years, more than 400 tons of drugs have been seized in Ecuador, according to official figures, which placed the country third in the world with the most drugs seized in 2021, according to the latest Global Report on Drugs. Drugs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). ECE
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