A Colombian police officer is seen as a helicopter takes off to a coca plantation in Tumaco, Colombia February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
TUMACO, Colombia (Reuters) - Landmines and protests promoted by armed groups involved in drug trafficking are major obstacles to the eradication of coca, the base ingredient in cocaine, according to a Colombian anti-narcotic police chief.
The Andean country, long a major supplier of cocaine, is looking to eradicate 130,000 hectares (320,000 acres) of coca this year. It will likely return to the use of aerial fumigation using the herbicide glyphosate once the government meets safety conditions set by the Constitutional Court.
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