Army finds 4 tonnes of marijuana in a vehicle on the Neiva–Florencia road
Army troops and Caquetá police investigators intercepted more than four tonnes of marijuana in a vehicle at kilometre 45 of the Neiva–Florencia road on 19 August 2026. No arrests were reported, and the army attributed the load to the dissident Rodrigo Cadete structure, an attribution El Tiempo says was still under investigation.
🇨🇴 Kilometre 45, Neiva–Florencia road, Caquetá, Colombia
Army troops of the 12th Brigade and investigators of the Caquetá police
intelligence unit, the Sijín, intercepted a vehicle carrying more than four
tonnes of marijuana at kilometre 45 of the Neiva–Florencia road.[1]The road
connects Huila with Caquetá and is used to move large loads of drugs towards
collection points and distribution routes.[1]El Tiempo put the load at more
than 4,000 kilograms of plant material that, by its characteristics, resembled
marijuana.[2]No arrests were reported in connection with the intercepted
vehicle.[3]
The Army said a preliminary investigation suggested the load belonged to the
Rodrigo Cadete structure, a faction of the Residual Organized Armed Group, or
GAO-r, active in the area.[1]Análisis Urbano reported that the Army
attributed the seizure to that structure and called it a blow to its illegal
income.[3]El Tiempo reported that the authorities were still investigating
whether the load belonged to that structure.[2]The army said the seizure
stopped more than four tonnes of marijuana from reaching commercialisation
points and that it damaged drug-trafficking finances in the Colombian Amazon.[1]Investigations continued to establish where the load came from, who
organised its transport and how large the network was.[1]In the same
announcement the Army linked the seizure to a total of 63 tonnes of drugs seized
in the Amazon region during 2026.[1]
Photos and video
Army and National Police photos of the more than four tonnes of marijuana seized on the Neiva–Florencia road in Caquetá. Photo: @COL_EJERCITO / XPhoto details
Video on the two simultaneous operations against drug transport routes and an improvised-explosives workshop in southern Colombia. Video: @COL_EJERCITO / X Source: Infobae
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
4 t
Agency type
Military, Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Infobaeinfobae.comESOfensiva en Caquetá: incautan más de cuatro toneladas de marihuana y desmantelan taller de explosivos de disidencias de ‘Calarcá’
El Tiempoeltiempo.comESDoble golpe en Caquetá: incautan cuatro toneladas de marihuana y desmantelan fábrica de explosivos de las disidencias de 'Calarcá'
Análisis Urbanoanalisisurbano.orgES[Video] Incautan más de cuatro toneladas de marihuana y neutralizan fábrica de explosivos en Caquetá
Open questions the AI reported
The sources give only 'more than four tonnes', so the 4,000 kilograms recorded is a lower bound rather than a measured weight.
El Tiempo describes the load as a plant substance that 'resembles' marijuana; no laboratory confirmation figure was published.
No value for the load was given, and the army's 63-tonne total for the Amazon region in 2026 covers all drugs, so no cannabis value or total is recorded.
The articles give no separate date for the interception; 19 August 2026 is the date the army announced it and El Tiempo and Análisis Urbano published.
Infobae attributes the load to the Rodrigo Cadete structure while El Tiempo says investigators had not established that; ownership and who organised the transport remain open.
A separate operation in the same announcement, the dismantling of an explosives workshop in Solita where two people were arrested, is a different event left out of this report.
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.
Colombian police stopped a vehicle in the urban area of Chinchiná, Caldas, carrying 520 kilograms of marijuana and arrested the person caught in the act, immobilising a car with altered identification systems. President Abelardo de la Espriella announced the haul as part of two operations, the other being 358 kilograms of cocaine found in generators at the port of Cartagena.
Colombian National Police investigators seized 7,452 grams of marijuana in the Los Quindos neighbourhood of Armenia, Quindío, along with 98 boxes of clonazepam. Police said the marijuana was meant for sale in minimum doses at sales points around the city and handed the drugs to the local prosecutor's office; no arrests were reported.