No driver found as police seize over 500 kg of marijuana in Armenia
Colombian police found 266 packages of marijuana, more than 500 kg in all, in a white pickup truck on a public street in southern Armenia, Quindío, on 27 October 2026. The driver was not found, no arrests were reported, and the marijuana and truck were handed to the authorities.
🇨🇴 Carrera 18 with Calle 62, southern Armenia, Quindío · Colombia
Police in Armenia, the capital of Colombia’s Quindío department, found 266
packages of marijuana inside a vehicle on a public street in the south of the
city on 27 October 2026.[1]The vehicle was a white pickup truck.[2]It
stood in front of a commercial premises at Carrera 18 and Calle 62.[2]The
driver was not found.[2]No arrests were reported in the operation.[3]
Officers had been looking for a vehicle that police radio reported as possibly
heading for one of the roads into Armenia.[2]They found the white pickup
while one of its wheels was being adjusted.[2]Police said the load weighed
more than 500 kilograms.[2]
President Abelardo de la Espriella announced the seizure on X.[4]He said
there was no truce against drug trafficking.[3]He said the marijuana would
not reach the streets or keep financing criminal groups.[3]The marijuana and
the pickup were placed at the disposal of the competent authorities.[2]NTN24
reported that they were handed to the Fiscalía General de la Nación, Colombia’s
attorney general’s office.[1]The police gave no account of where the shipment
came from or where it was going, and NTN24 reported that the identities of those
behind it had not been confirmed.[1]
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Rows of marijuana packages from the load seized in Armenia, with officers taking part in the procedure. Photo: Policía de Colombia, via NTN24Photo details
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No exact weight was published; the police account says more than 500 kilograms, or about half a tonne, in 266 packages.
The reports give no separate date for the search; 27 October is the day NTN24 says the police released the information and the day Caracol Radio published its account.
No arrest, charge or court step was reported, and the police gave no information on the origin, destination or ownership of the load.
El Quindiano says the pickup was found while one of its wheels was being adjusted but that the driver was not found; the reports do not explain who was with the vehicle.
The El Quindiano page's only image has no caption or credit, so it could not be identified for the media list.
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