Colombian Navy (Armada)
🇨🇴 Colombia · Military · 12 reports
- People arrested
- 1,149
- Cannabis seized
- 2,011.37 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
2.7 tonnes of marijuana seized from bongo boat in Puerto Asís
Colombian army, navy and police units seized about 2,700 kilograms of suspected marijuana from a bongo remolcador river boat at the Hong Kong wharf in Puerto Asís, Putumayo. Authorities linked the load to the Segunda Marquetalia dissidence's Comandos de Frontera, without naming suspects or giving a value.
Cannabis 2.7 t728.2 kg of marijuana seized from Orinoco boat in Vichada
Colombia's Navy seized 728.2 kg of marijuana hidden in a double-bottomed boat on the Orinoco River at Zama, Cumaribo, arresting a Colombian man and a Venezuelan woman. Authorities linked the Venezuela-bound load to the Segunda Marquetalia's Edison Umaña structure and said it cost traffickers about 7.6 million dollars.
Arrested 2Cannabis 728.2 kgTwo Costa Ricans held as Navy seizes 1,743 kg of marijuana off Buenaventura
Colombia's Navy intercepted a suspect boat off Buenaventura on 2 April 2026, seizing 1,743 kg of marijuana and detaining two Costa Rican crew members. The Navy estimated the load was worth over 1.8 million dollars and equal to more than 289,000 doses.
Arrested 2Cannabis 1.743 tTwo Panamanians detained as their boat sinks with 801 kg of marijuana off Buenaventura
Colombian Navy coast guards rescued and detained two Panamanian crew members near Buenaventura on 24 February 2026 after their launch sank under 801 kg of marijuana in 34 sacks, the Navy blaming excess weight and heavy seas. The Navy estimated the load at 8 million dollars and said it kept 132,000 doses off the market.
Arrested 2Cannabis 801 kgNavy seizes 2,249.88 kg of marijuana in three Pacific interdictions; six held
Colombian Navy units seized 1,103 kg, 425 kg and 401.88 kg of marijuana in three separate Pacific interceptions on 14 December 2025, alongside 739 kg of cocaine hydrochloride on the second boat. Six Colombians and Panamanians crewing the first two boats were detained, and President Gustavo Petro cited the operations to warn that more cocaine may be leaving through Ecuador.
Arrested 6Cannabis 2.24988 t1,120 held as Orion operation seized 211 tons of marijuana in 2025
Colombia's Navy presented first-half 2025 results for multinational Operation Orion, reporting 1,120 detentions and a cannabis component of 211 tons of seized marijuana, 1,770 tons with flow interrupted and 12 tons of hashish. An autonomous drug semisubmersible found off Santa Marta was described as Colombia's first seizure of its kind.
Arrested 1,120Cannabis 1,993 tNavy seizes 2,215 kg of marijuana from a boat off Buenaventura, holds 5
Colombia's navy intercepted a boat near Buenaventura in the Pacific and found 2,215 kg of marijuana and 1,204 kg of cocaine hydrochloride in 138 sacks and rectangular packages. Three Nicaraguans and two Costa Ricans aged 23 to 41 were detained and handed to the Attorney General's Office.
Arrested 5Cannabis 2.215 t1,442 kg of marijuana seized from rural cache in Nuquí, Chocó
Colombian military forces seized 1,442 kg of marijuana discovered in an illegal storage cache in rural Nuquí, Chocó. Authorities estimated the shipment, packed in 60 sacks and attributed to the Clan del Golfo, was valued at over nine million US dollars.
Cannabis 1.442 tNavy seizes 295 kg of marijuana on Venezuelan boat in Puerto Carreño; 3 held
Colombia's Navy intercepted a Venezuelan boat on the Meta river at Puerto Carreno on 27 February 2024 and seized 295 kg of marijuana. Three Venezuelan crew members were detained and handed to prosecutors with the boat and the drug, valued by the Navy at about $2 million.
Arrested 3Cannabis 295 kgPeru and Colombia seize 470 kg of creepy marijuana near Santa Rosa
Peru's anti-drug directorate and Colombia's navy found 500 kilograms of creepy marijuana, 470 kilograms by net weight, abandoned in 16 sacks on the bank of the Amazon river near Santa Rosa, Peru, on the Colombian border. The navy valued it at close to three million dollars and said no one was arrested.
Cannabis 470 kgFive held as Colombian Navy seizes 3,954 kg of marijuana in the Pacific
Colombian Navy units detained five men crewing two boats carrying 1,536 kg and 1,603 kg of marijuana in the central Pacific, part of four operations that seized 4,427 kg of drugs, including 3,954 kg of marijuana. Two other crews escaped, abandoning 815 kg of marijuana and cocaine loads of 235 kg and 240 kg; the Navy said the seizures prevented two million doses from being sold.
Arrested 5Cannabis 3.954 tNavy recovers 1,767 kg of marijuana adrift off Tumaco
Colombian Navy units recovered 48 sacks holding 1,767 kg of marijuana adrift 90 nautical miles off Tumaco during Pacific interdiction patrols in May 2022. In the same operation two speedboats with 660.9 kg of cocaine and four crew were taken to Buenaventura.
Arrested 4Cannabis 1.767 t