National Police of Colombia
🇨🇴 Colombia · Police · 24 reports
- People arrested
- 39
- Plants destroyed
- 33
- Cannabis seized
- 31.2885 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Man arrested with 57 marijuana cigarettes in Rivera, Huila
National Police arrested a 35-year-old man in the Oasis neighborhood of Rivera, Huila, seizing 57 marijuana cigarettes from his backpack during a Plan Cazador night patrol. He was placed at the disposal of the competent authority on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Arrested 12.7 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 t26-year-old arrested with 70 doses of marijuana in Piendamó
National Police SIJIN officers arrested a 26-year-old man in the barrio Nacional of Piendamó, Cauca, and seized 70 doses of marijuana from him. He was handed to the Attorney General's Office on suspicion of drug trafficking, and no court decision has been reported.
Arrested 1Charged 1One arrested with 520 kg of marijuana in a vehicle in Chinchiná
Colombian police stopped a vehicle in the urban area of Chinchiná, Caldas, carrying 520 kilograms of marijuana and arrested the person caught in the act, immobilising a car with altered identification systems. President Abelardo de la Espriella announced the haul as part of two operations, the other being 358 kilograms of cocaine found in generators at the port of Cartagena.
Arrested 1Cannabis 520 kgVehicles confiscated 1Police seize 7.4 kg of marijuana in Armenia's Los Quindos neighbourhood
Colombian National Police investigators seized 7,452 grams of marijuana in the Los Quindos neighbourhood of Armenia, Quindío, along with 98 boxes of clonazepam. Police said the marijuana was meant for sale in minimum doses at sales points around the city and handed the drugs to the local prosecutor's office; no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 7.452 kgMan arrested in Almaguer with 77 marijuana cigarettes weighing 190 g
National Police patrol officers arrested a 34-year-old man in the barrio Fátima of Almaguer, Cauca, after a search found 77 marijuana cigarettes weighing about 190 grams in a glass jar in his bag. Police valued the marijuana at about 400,000 pesos and handed him to the on-call prosecutor of the Cauca URI on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 190 gMan arrested with 98 marijuana cigarettes in Maicao
Police in Maicao, La Guajira, arrested a 39-year-old man after finding 98 marijuana cigarettes weighing about 220 grams. The cigarettes, valued at 450,000 pesos, were placed with the detainee at the disposal of the local prosecutor's office.
Arrested 1Cannabis 220 gTwo held as police seize 3,997 kg of marijuana in Cauca
Police in Cauca seized 3,997 kg of creepy-type marijuana in 1,186 packages allegedly bound for Peru and Chile, arresting two people and immobilising three vehicles. The operation also netted chemicals and lab supplies, which authorities linked to drug-trafficking groups in the department.
Arrested 2Cannabis 3.997 tVehicles confiscated 3Man arrested with 33 handmade marijuana cigarettes in Zaragoza, Antioquia
National Police officers arrested a man in the sector El Puerto of Zaragoza, in Antioquia's Bajo Cauca, and seized 33 handmade marijuana cigarettes from him. He was handed to the 142nd Sectional Prosecutor's Office in Zaragoza on suspicion of drug trafficking, with no weighing or court decision reported.
Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 334 held as cabin raid in Cartago seizes 53 kg marijuana with cocaine
OIJ officers raided a cabin in Santa Clara, El Guarco, detaining four men and seizing 53 packages of marijuana alongside 1,092 cocaine packages. Colombia's police, with DEA support, presented the joint operation as a blow to international trafficking worth over USD 36.4 million.
Arrested 4Cannabis 53 kgSites 1Vehicles confiscated 31.3 tonnes of marijuana seized in Chitaga bound for Venezuela
Colombian police, with the DEA and the Attorney General's Office, seized 1.3 tonnes of marijuana from a vehicle in Chitaga, Norte de Santander, and captured one person. Police linked the Venezuela-bound load to the FARC dissident Dagoberto Ramos structure.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.3 tVehicles confiscated 1Two held as 298 kg of pressed marijuana seized in Valledupar
Metropolitan police in Valledupar stopped a car in Pontevedra Norte and seized 298 kg of pressed marijuana in more than 300 packages, arresting two men aged 43 and 55. Police said the load was bound for La Guajira for onward shipment abroad and valued it at about 81 million pesos.
Arrested 2Cannabis 298 kgWoman arrested with 46 marijuana doses in Neiva raid
Police in Neiva arrested a woman during a search in the Nueva Granada neighborhood and seized 46 doses of marijuana. Investigators accused her of driving local sales affecting minors, and she was placed at the disposal of authorities for drug trafficking.
Arrested 1Woman held at El Dorado with 21 kg of marijuana hidden in stove
Police at Bogotá's El Dorado airport arrested a 33-year-old woman accused of trying to send about 21 kg of marijuana hidden in a stove by parcel to San Andrés. Officers found 40 polyethylene-wrapped packages inside the stove during cargo-warehouse checks and handed the woman and the load to the Attorney General's Office.
Arrested 1Cannabis 21 kg590 kg of marijuana seized on the Pradera–Buenaventura road, one arrested
Colombian army troops and police seized 590 kilograms of marijuana from an adapted vehicle on the road between Pradera and the port of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, and arrested the driver. The army attributed the load to the Dagoberto Ramos Ortiz structure of the Iván Mordisco dissidents, valued it at 2,410 million pesos and said it was bound for Panama.
Arrested 1Cannabis 590 kgVehicles confiscated 1Police seize 7.5 tons of marijuana hidden in empanada truck in Manizales
Police on the Remolinos-Puente Indial road in Manizales seized 7.5 tons of marijuana hidden in a tractor-trailer among boxes of refrigerated empanadas and arrested two men. Investigators linked the load, valued at 2.5 billion pesos, to the Jaime Martinez Front of the FARC dissidents.
Arrested 2Cannabis 7.5 t21-year-old held with over 6 kg of marijuana on Tumaco bus
Police on the Tumaco-Pasto highway detained a 21-year-old known as alias Fumador after finding more than six kilos of marijuana in his suitcase on a public bus. Officers seized seven plastic bags at kilometre 47 and handed him to the Attorney General's Office for drug-trafficking proceedings.
Arrested 1Cannabis 6 kgNavy 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 t18-year-old held with 1 kg of marijuana in Lebrija
Metropolitan Police of Bucaramanga arrested an 18-year-old motorcyclist at the entrance to El Pesebre in Lebrija and seized about 1,000 grams of marijuana. The man and the seized drug were placed at the disposal of the Attorney General's Office to determine his legal status.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1 kg630 g of marijuana seized from parcel warehouse in Ibagué
Police in Ibagué seized five packages with 630 grams of marijuana and 11 glass capsules of cannabis oil from a parcel warehouse after the detector dog Perla signalled on a box sent from Medellín. The substances were placed at the disposal of the Attorney General's office and no arrests were reported in the account.
Cannabis 630 gMan held with 200kg of marijuana in Manrique, Medellín
Police in Medellín detained a 31-year-old man transporting 266 packages of marijuana weighing 200 kilos in Manrique. The drugs, valued at 600 million pesos, were allegedly bound for microtrafficking in Lovaina.
Arrested 1Cannabis 200 kgVehicles confiscated 154-year-old held with 63 marijuana doses at Santa Rosa police station
Police in Santa Rosa del Sur, Bolívar, arrested a 54-year-old man who tried to smuggle marijuana hidden in toilet-paper rolls into police-station cells for detainees. Officers seized 63 doses of marijuana and handed the man and the drug to the Attorney General’s Office.
Arrested 1Six tonnes of marijuana seized near Puerto Tejada, Cauca
Highway and Cauca police seized six tonnes of high-grade marijuana from a truck at a rural crossroads near Puerto Tejada on 20 July 2013 and captured the four men guarding it. Police called it the department's biggest seizure of the year, worth 10 billion pesos in street doses.
Arrested 4Cannabis 6 tBiggest Bogotá marijuana seizure in a decade: 5.9 tonnes
Police seized 5,879 kg of marijuana and captured six people in three operations across Bogotá on 23 April 2013, which police called the capital's biggest confiscation in ten years. The load had come from Cauca and was allegedly bound for street-level dealers.
Arrested 6Cannabis 5.879 t