Police find 346 packages of marijuana in an abandoned vehicle near La Angostura
On 7 October 2026 a vehicle fled a check on the La Angostura–Samaipata road in Santa Cruz and was found empty, engine running. Inside were 346 packages that a field test identified as marijuana. No one was arrested, and the weight had not yet been published.
🇧🇴 La Angostura–Samaipata road, Santa Cruz · Bolivia
On Wednesday 7 October 2026, around 14:00, officers of Santa Cruz’s vehicle-theft prevention
directorate checked a vehicle on the La Angostura–Samaipata road, near the grotto past La
Angostura.[1] The vehicle got past the first control.[2] After a chase it was found with the
engine running, the key in the ignition and nobody inside.[1][2] El Día described it as a grey
SUV.[1]
Inside were seven cardboard boxes and two jute sacks holding 346 packages.[3][1] A field test was
positive for marijuana, prosecutor Raúl Torrez of La Guardia municipality told reporters.[3][1]
Departmental police commander Colonel Edson Fernández gave the same account of the chase and the
preliminary identification.[2] The packages were taken to the special force against drug
trafficking.[3][1] No one had been arrested.[3][1] The weight, origin and destination were still
to be established.[1][2]
Sources
- Incautan 346 paquetes de marihuana en la carretera a Samaipata. El Día, 7 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Policía encuentra 346 paquetes de presunta marihuana en vehículo abandonado en Santa Cruz. RTVU, 8 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Santa Cruz: Hallan 346 paquetes de droga al interior de un vehículo en la zona de La Angostura. eju.tv, 7 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- No weight was published; El Día and RTVU said the special anti-drug force still had to weigh the packages.
- No one was arrested. The occupants fled.
- eju.tv names the Felcn as the investigating force, while El Día says FELCC staff counted the packages at the vehicle-theft unit.
