In an operation conducted by the National Police, con el apoyo de Corpoguajira, six people were arrested for illegal extraction of building material. The events occurred in km 27 pathway Riohacha - Valledupar. During diligence five dump trucks and a bulldozer were seized.

This is the second case control illicit exploitation of natural resources, registered with the department in less than a week. In past days, the National Police and Corpoguajira, They arrested four people in the municipality of Dibulla, who they were engaged in informal gold mining.

The exercise of illegal mining, besides being a crime punishable by imprisonment in prison with sentences ranging from 48 and 108 months in prison, in accordance with the Law 1453 of 2011, also causes significant damage to rivers and water bodies that supply the aqueducts of towns and cities, likewise causes erosion, avalanches and destruction of the ecosystem.