21.6 kg of marijuana seized in bean cans at El Dorado airport
Police at Bogotá's El Dorado airport seized 21,570 grams of marijuana hidden in bean cans inside a parcel sent from Cali to Soacha. Airport officers and the antinarcotics dog Jeico found 94 wrapped packages in the cans, and the drug was handed to the competent authority while those behind the shipment are sought.
🇨🇴 National-shipment warehouses, El Dorado airport, Bogotá · Colombia
Officers of the Airport Police Station and the antinarcotics dog Jeico flagged a
suspicious parcel during routine checks in the national-shipment warehouses at
El Dorado airport in Bogotá.[1]Police said the parcel had been sent from Cali
and was bound for Soacha.[1]The parcel was sent by air from Cali to the
municipality of Soacha, according to a second account of the same police report.[2]
Officers opened several food cans inside the parcel and found 94 cylindrical
packages wrapped in vinipel.[1]The cans were bean cans used to conceal the
drug.[1]Police weighed the contents at 21,570 grams of marijuana.[1]Police
described the use of bean cans to camouflage the drug as evidence of trafficking
networks constantly innovating to evade controls.[1]
Police said the intercepted parcel sought to pass unnoticed among the hundreds
of parcels moving daily from different regions of the country.[1]Police
placed the seized drug at the disposal of the competent authority while
investigations continue to identify those behind the shipment.[1]Police
reminded the public to report suspicious activity through official channels such
as line 123.[1]
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Police operation opening the bean cans holding the marijuana seized at El Dorado airport. Photo: Policía Metropolitana de Bogotá via InfobaePhoto details
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Source: InfobaeThe 94 cylindrical packages found inside food cans sent from Cali, as published with the seizure report. Photo: Policía Metropolitana de BogotáPhoto details
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No separate date for the seizure is given; 16 May 2026 is the publication date of both accounts and is used as the incident date.
No arrest or detention was reported; investigations were continuing to identify those behind the shipment.
The substance is described as marijuana with a stated weight of 21,570 grams; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
Both accounts reproduce the same police report of the Airport Police Station operation, so they are not fully independent.
The same page also describes a separate 21 March 2026 cocaine seizure in flowers and waterproofing containers at El Dorado; that is a different event and is left out here.
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Soldiers of the Colombian Army's Ninth Brigade captured two men at a checkpoint in Balsillas, San Vicente del Caguán, Caquetá, and seized 87 kilograms of marijuana they were carrying on two motorcycles. The Army estimated the load at about 160 million pesos and about 174,000 doses.
Army troops seized 1,700 kilograms of pressed marijuana from a van in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca, capturing one person after a pursuit from a military checkpoint. The Third Division attributed the load to the FARC dissidents' Dagoberto Ramos structure and valued the loss to it at more than 425 million pesos.
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.
