Colombian Navy units intercepted two speedboats, El Creador lo es Todo and El Catador, in the central Pacific after naval intelligence flagged their departure from the Valle del Cauca coast, and brought the boats and their four crew members to Buenaventura.[1] Inspectors found 333 packets in each boat, testing positive for 660.9 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride; the four people were placed in the custody of the judicial authorities and the drugs were destroyed under controlled conditions.[1]
In a second action, the Tumaco Coast Guard station recovered 48 sacks drifting 90 nautical miles off Tumaco, apparently abandoned by traffickers who had spotted the authorities; tests found 1,767 kilograms of marijuana inside.[1] The Navy said the two actions together kept more than 33 million dollars out of the hands of a FARC dissident group.[1] In May 2022 the Pacific anti-drug task force reported 27 operations that month, with 7,656 kilograms of cocaine and 10,969 kilograms of marijuana found overall.[1]
