National Police officers arrested a man in flagrante in the El Salazar neighbourhood of Concordia, Antioquia, after finding drugs in his possession.[1] The Antioquia Police Department said uniformed officers carried out the procedure on Saturday 7 November for the offence of trafficking, manufacturing or carrying narcotics under article 376 of Colombia’s Penal Code.[1] The detained man was placed at the disposal of Fiscalía 50 Local de Concordia, which is handling the judicial process.[1]

Officers found 187 doses of marijuana on him, together with 142 doses of cocaine hydrochloride and 500 doses of coca base, for a total of 829 doses of the three substances.[1] Minuto30 corroborated the same breakdown of 187 doses of marijuana, 142 of cocaine and 500 of coca base, saying the drugs would allegedly have been distributed in the area.[2] Colonel Luis Fernando Serna Zapata, commander of the Antioquia Police Department, announced the result of the procedure in El Salazar.[1]

The authorities did not release the man’s identity, and no custody ruling or later court outcome was reported.[1] Minuto30 notes that every detained person is presumed innocent until a court rules otherwise.[2]