Police and army seize nearly 1,300 kg of marijuana on the Vaupés River
Colombian police and army troops found nearly 1,300 kilograms of marijuana in a cache on the bank of the Vaupés River at Dos Islas, in rural Carurú, Vaupés. Police valued the load at 2.86 billion pesos and said it was bound for Brazil on a route attributed to groups under alias Iván Mordisco.
🇨🇴 Dos Islas sector, rural Carurú, Vaupés, Colombia
Colombian National Police officers and army troops seized nearly 1,300 kilograms
of marijuana hidden in a riverside cache in the Dos Islas sector of rural
Carurú, Vaupés.[1]The operation was carried out on 19 December 2025.[2]The
cache lay about five hours by river from the urban centre of Carurú.[1]
Police valued the load at 2.86 billion pesos and described it as about one
tonne.[3]The seizure was made by the police Criminal Investigation Section
and Police Intelligence Section together with army units, supported by
intelligence and verification work in the area.[3]Preliminary investigations
said the marijuana was bound for Brazil as part of a transnational smuggling
route.[1]The authorities attributed the route to residual organized armed
groups (GAO-r) under alias Iván Mordisco.[1]
Police said the operation hit the groups’ illegal income and kept large
quantities of drugs from reaching international markets.[3]Colonel Felipe
Andrés Ardila Valderrama restated the National Police’s commitment to fighting
drug trafficking and asked residents to keep passing information through
official channels.[3]
Photos and video
Photograph published with the Army's statement on the 1,300 kg marijuana seizure at Dos Islas, Carurú. Photo: Ejército Nacional de ColombiaPhoto details
Prensa Llanera says the operation took place on 19 December 2025, while the army statement is dated 22 December and the police page 23 December; 19 December is used as the incident date.
The weight is given as approximately 1,300 kilograms, so it is an estimate rather than a measured figure.
The 2.86 billion peso value is the authorities' own estimate.
No arrests, named suspects or court proceedings were reported in these accounts.
The photographs on the police page carry generic captions and do not establish that they show this seizure, so only the army statement's photo is listed.
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