Army troops and police ran two operations against marijuana in Cauca: a road control on the Panamericana highway and an intervention in the vereda of Potrerito, Toribío.[1] On the Panamericana at Patía, troops stopped a truck carrying 811 kilograms of marijuana.[1] At Potrerito, Toribío, troops destroyed two artisanal drying and production systems and found 753 kilograms of marijuana ready for packing.[1] The two operations came to 1,564 kilograms of marijuana, according to Brigadier General Alirio Aponte Sepúlveda, commander of the Army’s 19th Brigade.[1]

Soldiers of the High Mountain Battalion No. 4 and the Light Cavalry Group No. 8 stopped the truck on the Panamericana at El Patía.[2] At Potrerito, soldiers of the 12th Land Operations Battalion found and destroyed the two drying systems used to make export-grade marijuana.[2] The Army said the operations were carried out under Plan Ayacucho Plus in coordination with the National Police and the anti-narcotics police.[2] Brigadier General Alirio Aponte Sepúlveda confirmed the truck interception on the Panamericana at Patía and the destruction of two artisanal drying and production systems at Potrerito.[3] Radio Nacional reported the intervention in Potrerito as a second operation in which troops destroyed two artisanal drying and production systems and seized 753 kilograms.[4]

The Ministry of Defence said the marijuana was of export type and was bound for Ecuador.[4] The Army put the value of the seized marijuana at more than 300 million pesos and said the operation prevented about 100,000 doses from reaching international markets.[2]