Prosecutors and anti-drug detectives burn Cannabis in Tocoa; between 4,000 and 5,000 plants counted
Honduran prosecutors and anti-drug detectives inspected four sites near El Portillo and Cuaquita in Tocoa, Colón, and found plantations of a herb they suspected was marijuana. Detectives counted between 4,000 and 5,000 cannabis plants, kept samples for laboratory analysis and burned the rest on site.
🇭🇳 El Portillo and Cuaquita, Tocoa, Colón · Honduras
Plants destroyed
4,000
Sites
4
Agencies
Fiscalía Regional del Bajo Aguán (FRBA), Dirección de la Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico (DLCN)
Prosecutors of the Bajo Aguán regional prosecution service, with the
anti-microtrafficking drugs unit and the anti-drug directorate, carried out
inspections at four different places in Colón department, Honduras.[1]The
plantation was found in the area known as El Portillo and Cuaquita, in the
jurisdiction of Tocoa, Colón department.[1]
Each of the sites had plantations of a herb alleged to be marijuana, and
officers took a representative sample from each to send for toxicological
analysis.[1]Detectives of the anti-drug directorate counted between 4,000 and
5,000 cannabis plants in total across the growing site.[1]The rest of the
plants were burned at each of the places where the herb was found.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published by the Honduran Public Prosecution captioned 'Destrucción plantación de marihuana en Colón' with its note on the burning of the plantation in Tocoa. Photo: Ministerio Público de HondurasPhoto details
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