National Coast Guard director Juan Carlos Alvarado shared the service’s year-to-date maritime anti-drug balance on 26 September 2026.[1] The National Coast Guard seized more than 44 tonnes of drugs and 26 vessels in maritime anti-drug operations so far in 2026.[1] Those operations also left 66 people captured, according to the institution’s balance cited by Diario Extra.[1]

Of 44,093 kilos reported by the authorities, 29,180 kilos were identified as cocaine and 14,912 kilos as marijuana.[1] CRprensa gave the split more precisely as 29 tonnes 180 kilos 415 grams of cocaine and 14 tonnes 912 kilos 800 grams of marijuana.[2] Diario Extra described the same balance as including 66 people apprehended.[3]

The 26 seized means of transport comprised 19 speedboats, 6 commercial fishing vessels and one semi-submersible.[1] Authorities also seized 19 speedboats, six commercial fishing boats, one low-profile semi-submersible, 3815 litres of fuel, 54 engines and one ultralight.[2] The semi-submersible was intercepted on 12 June in an operation with United States support.[1] That vessel carried more than three tonnes of drugs and was one of the largest seizures in the annual balance.[1] Authorities counted 24 interventions in the South Pacific zone and one operation in the Caribbean.[1] Alvarado credited the results to joint information-sharing with agencies including the United States, Panama and Colombia.[1]