Army Uncovers 15-Hectare Field of Marijuana and Poppies in Golden Triangle Citizen Digital
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Mexico Uncovers 15-hectare Drug Field in Sinaloa (NTDTV)

The Mexican army has uncovered a 15-hectare field devoted to marijuana and poppy cultivation in Mocorito, in the northwestern Mexico state of Sinaloa, officials announced on Saturday. The field is located in Mexico’s so-called Golden Triangle of historically heavy drugs production in which the Sinaloa cartel of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has exercised control. No arrests have yet to be made.

...The drugs discovery came about after a helicopter patrol mission of Mexico’s air force. That was followed by a land operation.

Mexican military commander Ernesto Vadillo Trueba spoke to the media about the drugs. “We have as well field of illegal narcotics with a 10 hectare-field of marijuana and 5-hectare field of poppy,” he said.

Security forces were able to confirm the cultivation had a complicated infrastructure supporting it, including a tubing system. An opium lab was found close by.

The forces proceeded to burn the drugs.

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