3,870 kg of marijuana seized on Cali-Andalucía road; driver held
Police on the Cali-Andalucía road in El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca, seized 3,870 kg of creepy-type marijuana in 149 packages from a van travelling from Caloto to Pereira. The driver was arrested with the van and two phones seized, and the load was valued at about 3,045 million pesos.
🇨🇴 Cali-Andalucía road, El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca · Colombia
Police from the Valle traffic and transport unit stopped a JAC box van for
inspection on the Cali-Andalucía road in El Cerrito, Valle del Cauca.[1]Officers found 149 packages of different sizes wrapped in vinipel film hidden in
the van in what police call the kamikaze modality.[2]The packages contained
3,870 kilograms of marijuana described as creepy-type.[2]Investigators said
the van was travelling from Caloto, Cauca, to Pereira, Risaralda.[1]
Police arrested the driver, a 24-year-old man from Corinto, Cauca.[2]Officers
also seized the van used to move the load and two mobile phones.[2]The
detainee has a judicial record for receptación, which police said does not
amount to a conviction and does not decide his responsibility in this case.[1]The anti-narcotics directorate valued the load at about 3,045 million pesos and
estimated it equalled about 3,870,000 doses kept off the illegal market.[1]Police estimated the operation kept about 3,870,000 doses from reaching
distribution circuits.[1]
The detainee and everything seized were placed at the disposal of the
specialized anti-narcotics prosecutor to face a drug-trafficking charge.[2]Police described the result as one of the largest road-corridor seizures in
Valle del Cauca during the year.[1]
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Police photos of the seized marijuana packages reported as nearly four tonnes on the Valle roads. Photo: Dirección de Tránsito y TransportePhoto details
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Source: InfobaePolice photos of the operation that police said kept about 3,870,000 doses out of distribution circuits. Photo: Dirección de Tránsito y TransportePhoto details
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Open questions the AI reported
No separate date for the roadside inspection was published; 4 July 2026 is the first publication date and is used as the incident date.
The 3,870 kg is the weight reported by police for material described as having the characteristics of creepy marijuana; no laboratory confirmation or net-versus-gross distinction was published.
The detainee was identified only by age, origin and prior record; no name or court outcome was reported.
Both accounts reproduce the same National Police traffic and transport account, so their agreement is not independent confirmation.
On 11 November 2026, units of the Colombian army's Brigade 29 seized 440 kilograms of marijuana at the old Tunía toll on the Panamericana road in Piendamó, Cauca, after the truck's driver tried to evade a checkpoint and abandoned the vehicle. The authorities attributed the load to the FARC dissidents' Dagoberto Ramos structure.
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.
