| BDF and US Blaze Up Weed Plantations |
| Fri, October 17, 2014 |
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As we you on Wednesday, the BDF collaborated with the US Military's Joint-Task Force Bravo over a 5-day campaign to destroy all marijuana plantations. They managed to burn and destroy $54 million dollars worth of drugs, and today the Commander explained that this operation was happening simultaneously with the third Incisive Gallop.
Brig. Gen. David Jones, Commander, Belize Defence Force
"Way down in the middle here, these were all in the Chiquibul over ten thousand marijuana plans were destroyed in the Chiquibul and the remaining 38,841 plants were in the Toledo District. There were a lot more plantations along the borderline, but it is very challenging to go there. We only had the helicopters for a short period of time, so we weren't able to go to the others, but there is still a number of marijuana plantations along the AZ be it inside the Chiquibul or along the other portion of the western border."
Over that 5 day period, the joint enforcement team destroyed 58 thousand marijuana plants, 10 pounds of marijuana seeds, and 1 thousand pounds of processed marijuana plants. Joint-Task Force Bravo provided 2 UH-60 Blackhawks and 1 CH-47 Chinook Helicopters to assist with the destruction.
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