Police find 74 kg of marijuana in an abandoned car in Florencia
Colombian National Police officers found about 74 kilograms of marijuana in 149 packages inside a car abandoned in the Los Pinos neighbourhood of Florencia, Caquetá. The driver fled from a checkpoint near the El Cunduy prison, and the vehicle and drugs were placed at the disposal of the Florencia prosecutor's office.
🇨🇴 Los Pinos neighbourhood, Florencia, Caquetá · Colombia
The National Police seized about 74 kilograms of marijuana in 149 packages found
in a car abandoned in the Los Pinos neighbourhood of Florencia, Caquetá.[1]The car was abandoned in Los Pinos, a neighbourhood of Florencia, the capital of
Caquetá department.[1]
The drugs were hidden inside a private vehicle whose driver fled when he noticed
the police checkpoints.[1]Officers from the National Community Policing Model
were checking people and vehicles near the El Cunduy prison when they saw a
vehicle turn around and not continue its journey.[1]The officers began a
pursuit and located the abandoned vehicle in the Los Pinos neighbourhood.[1]On inspection they found several packages wrapped in black bags containing
pressed marijuana.[1]
The immobilised vehicle and the seized marijuana were placed at the disposal of
the Prosecutor’s Office of the URI of Florence, the Immediate Reaction Unit.[1]The case was opened for the crime of manufacturing, trafficking and
possession of narcotics.[1]Police said the action prevented the sale and
consumption of more than 74,000 doses of the substance.[1]
The police account reports no arrest and does not identify the driver who fled.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the police statement on the Florencia seizure, titled on the page 'Policía evitó la comercialización de marihuana en Caquetá'. Photo: Policía Nacional de ColombiaPhoto details
The statement gives no separate day for the operation; 24 January 2024 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The weight is given as approximately 74 kilograms, so it is an estimate rather than a measured figure.
Police reported no arrest and did not identify the driver who fled; no court outcome was reported.
Only the National Police's own statement could be opened; no independent outlet report of this seizure was found.
The page photograph carries a generic caption about preventing marijuana sales in Caquetá and is not established beyond that caption to show this seizure.
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