One man held in Guárico with 20.02 kg of marijuana
Bolivarian National Guard troops detained one man at the Corozopando checkpoint in Guárico after finding 20.020 kilograms of suspected marijuana hidden on a public bus. The 27 packages were inside a 70-litre drum, and the man and the drugs were handed to prosecutors.
🇻🇪 Punto de Atención al Ciudadano Corozopando, Guárico · Venezuela
Arrested
1
Cannabis
20.02 kg
Agencies
Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), Regional Anti-Drug Intelligence Unit No. 34 (URIA-34) +2
Members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), attached to Regional
Anti-Drug Intelligence Unit No. 34 (URIA-34) and Bolivarian National Guard Zone
Command No. 34 (CZGNB-34) in Guárico state, seized20.020 kilograms of suspected
marijuana.[1]The seizure came during inspections of people and vehicles at
the Corozopando citizen-service point.[1]Personnel of the First Company of
Detachment D-342 carried out the procedure and arrested one man.[1]He was
travelling on a public-transport vehicle belonging to the Asociación Mensajeros
del Llano del Sur.[1]Officers searched a bus of the Asociación Mensajeros del
Llano del Sur on the route from Guasdualito to Valle de la Pascua.[2]
They arrested the man responsible for the load and placed him and the evidence
at the disposal of the Public Ministry.[2]
The service ran from the Guasdualito terminal in Páez municipality, Apure state,
to the Valle de la Pascua terminal in Leonardo Infante municipality, Guárico.[1]During the search the authorities found a black plastic drum with a
capacity of 70 litres.[1]Inside the drum, 27 packages of the illicit
substance were hidden.[1]
The detained man and the seized evidence were placed at the disposal of the
Public Ministry for the corresponding legal steps.[1]
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Arrested
1
Cannabis
20.02 kg
Agencies
Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB); Regional Anti-Drug Intelligence Unit No. 34 (URIA-34); Bolivarian National Guard Zone Command No. 34 (CZGNB-34); Public Ministry
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The articles give no separate date for the inspection; 23 August 2026 is the publication date of the La Radio del Sur report and is used as the incident date.
The marijuana is described only as suspected, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
No name, age, charge or court outcome for the detained man was published.
The lead of the Radio del Sur report calls the unit Desprendimiento D-342, while the body says Destacamento D-342; the body wording is used.
A linked item on the same page about a FANB seizure of more than half a tonne of drugs in Táchira is a different event and is left out.
Both outlets appear to follow the same press note, and no original agency statement was opened.
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