Buga traffic stop finds 2,140 kg of marijuana in a Corinto–Bogotá van
Colombian police seized 2,140 kg of marijuana from 100 packages in a cargo van on the Cali–Andalucía road at Buga on 26 February 2026, arresting a 39-year-old driver on the Corinto–Bogotá route and valuing the load at about 4.28 billion pesos.
🇨🇴 Buga, Valle del Cauca · Colombia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 2.14 t
- Value (official estimate)
- COP 4,280,000,000
On 26 February 2026, Colombia’s traffic police seized 2,140 kg of marijuana from a cargo van
stopped on the Cali–Andalucía highway at Buga in Valle del Cauca.[1][2] Officers found 100
packages of various sizes in the load bed and arrested the 39-year-old driver, who was travelling
the Corinto–Bogotá route.[1][2] Police also immobilised the van and seized a mobile phone.[1][2]
The National Police valued the marijuana at about 4.28 billion pesos and said it prevented roughly
4.14 million doses from reaching the illegal market.[1] El Tiempo reported the same weight and
arrest but put the averted doses at about 2.14 million.[2] The driver was handed to prosecutors
at Buga’s URI office.[1][2]
Sources
- Policía incauta más de dos toneladas de marihuana y evita la distribución de 4 millones de dosis. Policía Nacional de Colombia, 26 February 2026. In Spanish.
- Incautan más de dos toneladas de marihuana dentro de en un furgón que cubría la ruta Corinto–Bogotá. El Tiempo, 24 February 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- El Tiempo reported about 2.14 million doses averted; the National Police release put the figure near 4.14 million doses for the same weight.
- The driver's name was not published in the sources opened.
- Publimetro dated the operation to 24 February while the police and El Tiempo used 26 February.
