Bogotá police seize 705 kg of marijuana from a towed van
On 21 October 2026 Bogotá police stopped a stake-bed van carried on a tow truck in the south of the city and seized marijuana hidden in it. El Tiempo put the load at 705 kg; the presidency and the city said more than 700 kg, bound for Kennedy, and a woman driver was arrested.
🇨🇴 Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá · Colombia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 705 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- COP 150,000,000
The presidency said that on 21 October 2026 National Police in Ciudad Bolívar, in the south of
Bogotá, seized more than 700 kilograms of marijuana that had come from Cauca in a van carried on a
tow truck.[1] Officers arrested a woman and handed her to the prosecutor’s office.[1]
Authorities estimated the load at more than 150 million pesos for the criminal groups.[1]
El Tiempo, citing the metropolitan police, put the weight at 705 kilograms and said the stop was
on the boundary between Bosa and Ciudad Bolívar, when the criminal-investigation section inspected
the truck.[2] Packages smelled and looked like marijuana.[2] Investigators said the load was
headed for the Carvajal neighbourhood in Kennedy, to be split and sold, and that the seizure
blocked about 70,000 doses.[2] The woman who was driving was held for trafficking, manufacture
or carrying of drugs.[2]
The city government’s account, drawn from the district security secretariat, matches the tow-truck
van, the Cauca origin, the Kennedy destination, the arrest and the estimates of more than 150
million pesos and 70,000 doses, and says the find followed a citizen report.[3]
Sources
- Presidente De La Espriella anuncia incautaciones de cocaína y marihuana en Nariño y Bogotá. Presidencia de la República, 21 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Incautan 705 kilos de marihuana camuflados en una grúa en Bogotá. El Tiempo, 22 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Incautados en Bogotá más de 700 kg de marihuana ocultos en una grúa. Portal Bogotá, 22 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The presidency and the city government said more than 700 kg; El Tiempo said 705 kg, which this report uses.
- The presidency placed the stop in Ciudad Bolívar; El Tiempo placed it on the boundary with Bosa. The map point is the Ciudad Bolívar locality.
- The woman driver's name and age were not published.
- The 150 million peso figure and the estimate of 70,000 doses are police estimates.
- A separate cocaine seizure in Mallama, Nariño, announced the same day, is a different event and is not included here.
