2,804 kg of marijuana dug up on a Guajira beach in Zulia
Officers dug up 107 buried bales of marijuana on Caimare Chico beach in Guincua, Guajira, Zulia, on Venezuela's border with Colombia. The Interior Ministry put the gross weight at 2,804 kg in about 5,729 wraps; an earlier GOES account gave 2,864 kg for the same load.
🇻🇪 Caimare Chico beach, sector Guincua, Guajira, Zulia · Venezuela
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Grupo de Operaciones Estratégicas (GOES), Comando Nacional Antidrogas de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana +1
Officers of the Strategic Operations Group (GOES), the Bolivarian National
Guard’s National Anti-Drug Command and the Bolivarian National Police seized 107
buried bales of marijuana in the Guincua sector of Guajira municipality, Zulia.[1]The bales were dug up by hand on the shore of Caimare Chico beach, in
Guincua, an indigenous municipality on Zulia’s border with Colombia.[2]Officers reached the place where the marijuana cargo was buried.[3]Police and
military personnel made the seizure as part of a deployment Venezuela has
maintained for months against drug trafficking.[4]
The Interior Ministry put the gross weight at 2,804 kilograms and 6 grams, in
about 5,729 wraps of plant material it described as active cannabis, commonly
called marijuana.[1]An earlier GOES account gave the same load a gross weight
of 2,864 kilograms and 5 grams.[2]State channel VTV said the 107 bales were
found in Guajira after intelligence work by the Strategic Operations Corps, the
National Guard anti-drug command and the Bolivarian National Police.[4]
VTV published images of National Guard and police officers unearthing large
packages in a sandy, apparently empty area.[4]The ministry called the seizure
a blow to drug trafficking in Zulia, carried out by popular, military and police
forces.[1]The ministry said the operation followed the line set by the
sectoral vice-president for policy, citizen security and peace, Captain Diosdado
Cabello.[1]
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Interior Ministry photograph published with its report of the marijuana seizure in Guajira, Zulia. Photo: SNAPhoto details
Source: Diario PrimiciaState television video of National Guard and police officers unearthing large packages in a sandy area. Credit: VTV via AlbertoNews Source: AlbertoNews
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Grupo de Operaciones Estratégicas (GOES); Comando Nacional Antidrogas de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana; Cuerpo de Policía Nacional Bolivariana (CPNB)
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The day the bales were dug up was not stated; 19 February 2026 is the date of the first published GOES account and is used as the incident date.
The Interior Ministry's gross weight of 2,804 kilograms and 6 grams differs from the earlier GOES figure of 2,864 kilograms and 5 grams for the same buried load; the report uses the ministry figure.
No arrests, names or court outcome were reported.
The accounts rest on GOES, the Interior Ministry and VTV; no independent weigh-in was published.
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