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Published on Wednesday, September
29, 2021
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff Marijuana farms discovered in a mountainous area in Talamanca Canton, Limón Province, lost 339,380 marijuana plants that were destroyed by an anti-drug operation carried out by officers of the Drug Control Police, according to the Ministry of Security. According to the police report, Border Police officers and the Air Surveillance Service also participated in the operation with the use of three helicopters. Two of which were from the 2019 U.S. donation of four UH-1rst (or UH-ONE) helicopters to Costa Rica. These helicopters are currently under the responsibility of the U.S. government for the maintenance, spare parts purchase, training of pilots and technicians in aeronautical maintenance of SVA. This year, the helicopters will be completely transferred over to the Ministry of Public Security. According to the ministry, the plants were planted in 50 illegal crops that were found by helicopters in flights over the Telire mountain, such as Cerro Congo, Cerro Tortuga, Alto Tortuga, Spiri, Cerro Seira, Arcoiris, Guayabal Arriba, Guayabal Abajo, Piedra Meza and Alto Bley, among others. A short video of the operation was shared by the ministry and can be seen on the A.M. Costa Rica YouTube channel. In addition to the plant destruction operation, the officers delivered 5,336 pounds of food and supplies to the residents of the area, plus 1,000 pounds of food for the Alto Bley and Piedra Meza schools. In Costa Rica, the cultivation of marijuana is illegal, according to Law 8204, which regulates the prevention, supply, prescription, administration, manipulation, use, possession, trafficking and commercialization of illegal drugs. Besides, some people think in Costa Rica there is a type of permission for a minimum quantity of so-called illegal drugs for personal use. That is not mentioned in the law. The law describes illegal drugs as narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, substances inhalants and other drugs and drugs capable of producing physical or mental dependencies, included in the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, of May 30, 1961. According to article No. 58 of the law, a prison sentence of eight to 15 years will be imposed on who, without legal authorization, distributes, trades, supplies, manufactures, elaborates, refines, transforms, extracts, prepares, cultivates, produces, transports, store or sell the drugs, substances or products mentioned in this Law, or cultivate the plants from which such substances or products are obtained. The same penalty will be imposed on whoever, without due authorization, possesses these drugs, substances or products for any of the stated purposes, and whoever possesses or trades seeds with germinating capacity or other natural products to produce the aforementioned drugs. The complete law, in Spanish, can be seen on the Institute on Drugs site. Agents ask the public to make a call to report any suspicion of marijuana farms or labs to the confidential line 800-8000-645, where there are bilingual agents who can answer calls in English or Spanish. ------------ How would legalizing marijuana impact Costa Rica? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com Real
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