2,500 marijuana plants destroyed on a hill near Las Mangas, Tocoa
Honduran prosecutors, the National Anti-Drug Police Directorate and the Xatruch Joint Task Force found and destroyed a marijuana crop of about 2,500 plants in a hill area next to Las Mangas in Tocoa, Colón. The plot covered roughly one manzana inside Botaderos National Park, and officers also found a sack with two pounds of suspected marijuana seeds.
🇭🇳 Cerro near Las Mangas, Tocoa, Colón · Honduras
Plants destroyed
2,500
Area
0.7 ha
Seeds
2
Agencies
Fiscalía Regional del Bajo Aguán (FRBA), Dirección Nacional Policial Antidrogas (DNPA) +1
Honduran prosecutors and security forces found and destroyed a marijuana crop in
a hill area next to Las Mangas, in Tocoa, Colón department.[1]The eradication
was coordinated by the instruction section of the Bajo Aguán regional
prosecution service (FRBA) with the National Anti-Drug Police Directorate (DNPA)
and the Xatruch Joint Task Force.[1]
At the end of the inspection the authorities counted about 2,500 marijuana
plants sown over an area of roughly one manzana, a local land measure of about
0.7 hectares.[1]The plot lies inside the Botaderos National Park.[1]Besides the plants, officers found a sack holding two pounds of seeds of
suspected marijuana.[1]
Prosecutors described the destruction as a neutralising measure against the
effects of the crime.[1]
Photos and video
Image published with the prosecution's note on the discovery and destruction of the 2,500-plant marijuana crop near Las Mangas, Tocoa. Photo: Ministerio Público de HondurasPhoto details
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