( CNN ) -- The Brazilian Air Force on Friday dropped eight 500-pound bombs on a clandestine airstrip in the jungle near the Colombian and Venezuelan borders , part of wide military operation that goes beyond targeting drug traffickers . Video of the scene , released by the air force , showed craters on the destroyed airstrip , which they say was used to move drugs . The highly-publicized effort , dubbed Operation Agatha , is an effort against drug trafficking , illegal mining and logging , and trafficking of wild animals , the military said . `` This operation is a first coordination effort by the government to intensify actions on the border , '' Col. Jose Maurilo Machado de Lima said . `` We are going to carry out , periodically , operations of intensification of that control . '' The operation counts with more than 35 aircraft and 3,000 troops . In its most recent mission , four Brazilian-made A-29 Super Tucano planes flew to where the airstrip was hidden , about 42 miles ( 68 km ) northeast of the city of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira , and dropped their bombs . Two Black Hawk helicopters then brought personnel from the police , army and environmental agency to the site to verify that the operation was successful and that the area was safe .
It is part of a larger complex near the border with Afghanistan . The complex was used to move drugs , officials say .