Colombian Army Discovers Huge Cocaine Lab

Colombian Army Discovers Huge Cocaine Lab
Colombian Army Discovers Huge Cocaine Laboratory Run by Paramilitary Group

By FERNANDO VERGARA Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press

MARIPI, Colombia Sep 20, 2005 — Colombian troops raided a sprawling clandestine drug laboratory run by a paramilitary group that was capable of producing 10 tons of cocaine a month, officials said Tuesday.

"This is the biggest cocaine processing factory we've found this year, it contained a large quantity of chemicals used to process the drugs," Gen. Gustavo Matamoros, commander of the army's 5th Division, told The Associated Press.

In a separate operation, the military announced Tuesday that it had seized six tons of marijuana allegedly belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, the country's main leftist rebel group.
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The drug lab, built about four months ago, was concealed under a roof made of sugar cane stalks and plastic sheeting and had enough beds to sleep at least 35 workers.
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1144611

If his jaw stops twitching after this, then we know his supply has been cut off.

Do they really have any other choice?

Did you catch that? Let me repeat the quote:

"This is the biggest cocaine processing factory we've found this year"

The implication is that they find something like this on a fairly regular basis.

Who says drugs make you unproductive?
:P