Colombian authorities found and destroyed a network of cocaine processing laboratories in the jungles of eastern department of Vichada, El Espectador reported on Thursday.
Colombian Air Force (FAC) reconnaissance flights discovered the five labs in the municipality of Cumaribo, in a joint operation with the National Police.
When police reached the plants they found 13,000 pounds of coca leaves being processed into coca paste along with over 400 pounds of alkaloid solution and hundreds of pounds of other chemicals used in the process of cocaine production.
No arrests were made and the laboratories were destroyed by the FAC.
According to El Espectador’s source, authorities believe the network belonged to neo-paramilitary drug gangs.