Army seizes 1,084 kg of marijuana from truck in Gigante, Huila
Colombian Army troops with anti-narcotics police seized 1,084 kg of marijuana hidden in a truck at Puerto Seco in Gigante, Huila, and arrested two people, the armed forces command reported in May 2025. The shipment had come from Cauca and was attributed to the Hernando Gonzalez Acosta Group.
Troops of the 26th Cacique Pigoanza Infantry Battalion and the 6th Light Cavalry Group of the Ninth Brigade, working with the anti-narcotics police, seized1,084 kg of marijuana at a checkpoint on the I-24 highway at Puerto Seco in Gigante, Huila.[1][2]
Officers stopped an NPR-type truck and found the marijuana camouflaged in boxes, hidden under another load of merchandise.[1][2]They arrested two people, who face charges of trafficking, manufacture or carrying narcotics.[1][2]
Investigators said the shipment had come from the department of Cauca and was worth more than 1.2 billion pesos in Colombia and about 6.9 billion pesos abroad.[1][2]It was attributed to the Hernando Gonzalez Acosta Group of the Isaias Pardo Central Bloc, a structure the Army links to financing through drug trafficking.[1][2]
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