Coastguard units from Bahía Solano stopped a cabotage vessel in the northern Pacific off Bahía Solano, in the department of Chocó, and found 627 rectangular packages hidden inside mattresses and sacks of rice.[1][2] A dog handler and dog helped detect the load, and the vessel, its crew and the packages were taken to a safe port for testing.[1][2] The Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) of the Attorney General’s Office confirmed 303.7 kg of marijuana and 2.9 kg of cocaine.[1][2]

The eight crew members — seven Colombians and one Venezuelan — were handed to the authorities, and officers seized seven mobile phones.[1][2] The navy put the value of the load at about US$3.3 million, roughly 10,339 million pesos, and said the seizure prevented some 57,000 doses from reaching international markets.[1][2]

Lieutenant Daniel Andrés Santos Contreras, commander of the Bahía Solano coastguard station, said the suspicious cargo was found during a boarding and inspection.[1][2] The navy said Bahía Solano forms part of a maritime corridor toward Central America and other destinations, and that the Attorney General’s Office must establish where the drugs came from and where the vessel was going.[1] The reports were published on 27 October; they do not give the day of the interception.[1][2]