During the operation, carried out by the National Police, An excavator was also seized.

The National Police, captured Germán Devia Ávila, in an operation to control and sanction illegal mining in the south of the department. The events occurred at kilometer 15 of the road that of San Juan del Cesar, leads to Corral de Piedra.

A hydraulic excavator machine was also seized during the investigation., model 2012, with which the crime of illicit exploitation of a mining deposit was committed.

The captured person, is at the disposal of the Attorney General's Office; agency that will be in charge of attending to the process.

Corpoguajira, Public opinion is reminded that the practice of illegal mining contemplates a series of drastic sanctions to which all people who commit violations against the environment and natural resources are exposed., Among them, sentences of up to twelve years in prison stand out..