Army and navy find 1,156 kg of marijuana in Bahía Cupica, Chocó
Colombian army and navy troops found 46 sacks and a suitcase holding 1,156 kg of marijuana in the Bahía Cupica area of Bahía Solano, Chocó, after a naval intelligence tip. The navy attributed the load to the Clan del Golfo, valued it at more than US$12 million and said it kept more than 190,000 doses off illegal markets; no arrests were announced.
Army and navy troops found 46 sacks and a suitcase of marijuana in the Cupica
area of rural Bahía Solano, Chocó.[1]The navy said the material weighed 1,156
kg and was packed in 1,190 packages.[2]The find followed a naval intelligence
warning about a possible illegal stash in the general area of Bahía Cupica.[3]Marines from Battalion No. 23 and the Bahía Solano coast guard station went to
the site to check it.[3]
Defence Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the find on X.[1]His post put the
load at more than 1.1 tonnes.[4]He called the result a contundente golpe
contra el narcotráfico en el Pacífico colombiano.[1]The navy valued the load
at more than US$12 million.[3]It said the find prevented more than 190,000
doses of drugs from reaching illegal markets.[3]The material was handed to
the competent authorities.[3]The navy attributed the load to the Clan del
Golfo and said it was to be moved along Pacific routes used to send drugs
abroad.[1]
Two weeks before the announcement, authorities captured alias el Panameño, a
member of the Clan del Golfo’s Pacific substructure described as a suspected
person responsible for the load.[1]The authorities called the Pacific Chocó a
strategic zone for drug trafficking because of its location and the presence of
illegal armed groups.[1]The government said it would keep joint operations in
the region to weaken criminal finances and strengthen the state’s presence.[1]
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The marijuana seized in Bahía Solano, in the image credited to defence minister Pedro Sánchez's X account. Photo: @PedroSanchezCol / XPhoto details
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No separate date is given for the find; 22 February 2026 is when the defence minister announced it, and the navy published its statement on 23 February.
No arrests, detainees or named suspects were reported in connection with the stash.
The minister's announcement mentions a suitcase as well as 46 sacks, while the navy's statement lists only 46 sacks and does not say whether the suitcase was counted among them.
The navy gives the tested weight as 1,156 kg, while the minister's post and early reports round it to more than 1.1 tonnes; this report uses the navy's figure.
The US$12 million figure is the navy's estimate of the income the load would have generated, not an independently assessed market value.
The reports do not say where in the Cupica area the stash was hidden or whether it was in vegetation, a building or open ground.
The load's destination is described only as foreign markets via Pacific routes; no country or port is named.
The 190,000-dose figure is the navy's estimate and the dose size is not given.
The role of alias 'el Panameño' is described only as suspected responsibility for the load; no charges against him over it are reported.
Both news accounts reproduce the minister's X post, and the remaining details come from the navy statement, so there is no independent account of the find.
The article also reports a separate 18 February 2026 Colombia-Brazil seizure in the Amazon, left out of this report.
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.
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.
