120,945 cannabis plants destroyed in Alta Talamanca
Costa Rican police destroyed 120,945 cannabis plants across 35 plots in the mountainous Telire district of Limón during a ten-day eradication operation. [@1,2] The sites covered about 19,000 square metres and included Alto and Bajo Bley, Lagunas de Alto Bley and Cerro Xorbata. [@1,2]
🇨🇷 Telire district, Talamanca canton, Limón Province · Costa Rica
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Plants destroyed
120,945
Area
1.9 ha
The Ministry of Public Security reported that officers destroyed 120,945 cannabis plants across 35 plots in the mountainous Alta Talamanca area of Telire, Limón.[1][2]
It estimated that the plots covered about 19,000 square metres, while plants ranged from 15 centimetres to 2.57 metres tall.[1][2]The reports name Alto and Bajo Bley, Lagunas de Alto Bley and Cerro Xorbata as sites of the operation.[1][2]
Officers from the Drug Control Police (PCD), Air Surveillance Service (SVA), Border Police and the Public Force’s Police Intervention Unit took part.[1][2]AM Prensa reported that officers worked for ten days to locate and destroy the plots, walking for hours through difficult mountain terrain in adverse weather.[1]
The ministry also supplied photographs and video from the campaign, and AM Prensa carried remarks from PCD director Stephen Madden.[1]The five images attached to Diario Extra show cannabis plants in wooded plots, including officers wearing PCD insignia among them.[2]
Photos and video
An officer walks among cannabis plants in a wooded plot in the Telire district. Source: AM PrensaA PCD officer stands among cannabis plants in a wooded plot; photo credited to Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security. Source: Diario Extra · archived copyCannabis plants growing in a wooded plot; photo credited to Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security. Source: Diario Extra · archived copyA cannabis plant in the eradication area; photo credited to Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security. Source: Diario Extra · archived copyA police officer among cannabis plants in the mountain plot; photo credited to Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security. Source: Diario Extra · archived copyAn officer crouches among cannabis plants in the forested eradication area; photo credited to Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security. Source: Diario Extra · archived copy
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