Peru and Colombia seize 9,229 kg of cannabis at Bellavista de Callarú
Peruvian and Colombian forces seized 9,229.1 kilograms of suspected cannabis at Bellavista de Callarú, in Ramón Castilla district, Loreto. The defence ministry said the load was sent for forensic tests. No arrests were reported.
🇵🇪 Bellavista de Callarú, Ramón Castilla, Loreto · Peru
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Cannabis
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Peru’s defence ministry said on 30 June 2026 that the armed forces of Peru and
Colombia had seized9,229.1 kilograms of suspected cannabis sativa at
Bellavista de Callarú, in the district of Ramón Castilla, Loreto.[1]
The Amazon Operational Command ran the operation through the joint PUMA
command.[1]It brought in the Colombian navy, the Peruvian army, navy and
air force, Dirandro, the national police anti-drug directorate, and the
police frontier directorate.[1]The ministry described a river deployment in
Mariscal Ramón Castilla province and said the load was handed at once to the
competent authorities for the legal record, the chain of custody, and forensic
tests of what the material was and where it came from.[1]In the same
statement it said coca crops in that province now cover about 19,000 hectares.[1]
La República, citing the Amazon command, reported that officers had found the
load at a stash point fitted with surveillance equipment, that it was linked
to the armed group Comandos de Frontera, and that it had been bound for
regional markets.[2]The ministry’s own text does not name that group or
describe a stash point.[1]Neither account reports an arrest.[1][2]
30 June is the date of the defence ministry announcement. The statement gives no separate day for the seizure.
The ministry calls the load suspected cannabis sativa, pending forensic tests of what it is and where it came from.
No arrests were reported.
La República, citing the Amazon operational command, links the load to the armed group Comandos de Frontera and describes a stash point with surveillance equipment. The ministry statement does not say either of those things.
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