According to official figures, in the last two years
more than 400 tons of cocaine have been seized in Ecuador
.
It is so much that
they no longer know where to keep it
and, therefore, they implemented a revolutionary idea on a massive level:
turning drugs into concrete
.
Ecuador is the
third country in the world
with the most drugs seized, according to the latest World Drug Report from the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
.
To use it in construction materials, cocaine goes through a process in which it is crushed and mixed with other waste materials such as expired drugs or garbage.
Hundreds of blocks of seized drugs arrive weekly at a
waste treatment plant
to be processed and mixed with
glass, medical waste and oil
.
A pulverizing machine turns
everything into powder
, which is then mixed
with cement, sand, and water
to produce
concrete
.
In Quito, Ecuador, they turn cocaine into concrete.
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The process, after the consequent setting and decantation of the crushed material,
turns the cocaine into an impenetrable material
and does not allow the drug to seep into the ground or be recovered, according to separate reports from CNN in Spanish and from the German Deutsche Welle (DW).
UNODC, the UN specialized agency for narcotics, supports this method, which is known as
"encapsulation
. "
Edmundo Mera, Ecuador's undersecretary for drug control, told DW that they took that process and
did it "big
. "
"That is the virtue of Ecuador at this moment," the official boasted.
As detailed by the authorities, this method
is four times faster than incinerating it,
the traditional way of destroying drugs.
It is that to
burn a ton of cocaine a period of
12 hours
is required
.
The technicians of the plant set up on the outskirts of Quito have already processed
more than 350 tons of the drug, which has become an essential input
for the process.
Concrete, of course, is intended for
construction and paving
.
Ecuador: a cocaine laboratory is destroyed
The Ecuadorian Armed Forces reported this Sunday the destruction of
a cocaine base paste processing laboratory
, located in the Amazonian province of Sucumbíos,
on the border with Colombia
.
According to the military, the laboratory "had a
production capacity of
approximately two tons per month and accommodation capacity for an estimated 25 or 30 people."
In coordination with other State institutions,
military surveillance and reconnaissance operations
were carried out , with technical personnel from Military Intelligence, they said.
In Ecuador, 400 tons of cocaine have been seized in two years: it is the third country in the world in this matter.
An Ecuadorian was arrested and some 15,000 liters of acetone, 378 liters of distillate, a carbine, four 16-gauge cartridges, nine
microwaves
, fifteen sacks of calcium chloride, five cans of acid, and four scales were seized.
In addition, a vacuum packer, an electric generator, 110 gallons of diesel, a van, two gas cylinders and two pulleys.
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