5,545 kg of marijuana seized from truck that fled police in Valle del Cauca
Police found 5,545 kg of "creepy" marijuana in 226 packages in a cargo truck on the Villa Rica–Palmira road at El Ortigal, Florida, after the driver ignored a stop sign and crashed during a pursuit. The driver fled into a sugarcane field; police valued the load at about 4.365 billion pesos and no one was arrested.
🇨🇴 El Ortigal, Florida, Valle del Cauca · Colombia
Police stopped a cargo truck on the road between Villa Rica and Palmira, at El
Ortigal in the municipality of Florida, and the driver ignored the order to stop
and fled.[1]After a controlled pursuit the truck crashed on an alternate
route and the driver escaped into a sugarcane field.[1]No one was arrested,
and police said they were investigating to identify and capture the driver and
those responsible for the load.[1]
Inside the truck, officers found 226 packages of a substance similar to
marijuana with a gross weight of 5,545 kilograms.[2]The National Police
called the load “creepy” marijuana and estimated its street value at about 4.365
billion pesos.[1]Police said the load amounted to more than 5.5 million doses
for the illegal market.[1]
The seized Sinotruk truck was valued at about 238 million pesos.[2]Colonel
Jair Alonso Parra Archila, director of the police’s traffic and transport
directorate, said the seizure kept more than five million doses off the streets
and strengthened the force’s campaign against trafficking organisations.[2]Police linked the shipment, on intelligence information, to criminal networks
operating in the region, and the case was handed to the Valle del Cauca
prosecutor’s office.[2]
Photos and video
Police photo of the 226 marijuana packages laid out at a police station after the truck seizure in Valle del Cauca. Photo: National Police of ColombiaPhoto details
Caracol Radiocaracol.com.coESIncautaron más de cinco toneladas de marihuana tras persecución policial en Valle del Cauca
Open questions the AI reported
The sources give 9 June 2026 as the publication date and no separate date for the police operation, so the incident date is the publication date.
No one was reported arrested; the driver escaped and police said investigations were continuing to identify him and those behind the load.
The 5,545 kg is the gross weight of the 226 packages of material police described as similar to marijuana; no laboratory confirmation or net weight was published.
No charges or court outcome were reported; the case was left with the Valle del Cauca prosecutor's office.
The police bulletin and the Caracol report draw on the same police account, so their agreement on the weight and value is not independent confirmation.
The police page carries a single photo of the seized packages; no footage of the pursuit or the crash was located.
A 238 million peso truck valuation is police's estimate of the vehicle, not cannabis value, and is left out of the figures.
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