Two Colombians get 12.5 years over 2,851 marijuana packages at sea
Two Colombian citizens were sentenced in Chiriquí to 150 months in prison for international drug trafficking after accepting a plea agreement. The case stemmed from a SENAN maritime interception on 17 December 2025 at Isla Montuosa, where officers seized 2,851 packages later confirmed as marijuana.
🇵🇦 Isla Montuosa, Golfo de Chiriquí, Chiriquí · Panama
Arrested
2
Convicted
2
Sentenced
2
Prison
150 months
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Fiscalía de Drogas de Chiriquí, Servicio Nacional Aeronaval (SENAN)
In Chiriquí province, two Colombian citizens were sentenced to 150 months in
prison after accepting responsibility in an international drug-trafficking case.[1]The prosecutor asked a Guarantees Tribunal to validate the plea agreement,
and the judge verified it met the legal requirements before issuing the
conviction.[2]The 150-month term equals twelve years and six months.[3]
The case dates to 17 December 2025, when SENAN units on maritime patrol
intercepted a suspect boat at Isla Montuosa in the Gulf of Chiriquí.[2]The
two people aboard tried to flee with evasive manoeuvres, setting off a pursuit
before officers secured the speedboat.[4]Officers counted 74 sacks holding
2,851 packages and moved the detainees, the boat and the packages to the SENAN
base at Quebrada de Piedra.[4]The police action took place south of Isla
Montuosa, where two men travelling in the launch were apprehended.[5]
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The seized launch with the drugs located south of Isla Montuosa. Photo: Cortesía / La PrensaPhoto details
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Source: La PrensaTwo people were apprehended aboard the launch. Photo: Cortesía / La PrensaPhoto details
La Prensaprensa.comESDecomisan cerca de 3 toneladas de droga en aguas de Chiriquí
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No weight in kilograms was published for the 2,851 packages, so no cannabis weight is recorded; La Prensa described the seizure only as nearly three tonnes.
The sentence was reported on 9 June 2026 by the Public Ministry and on 10 June 2026 by Infobae; 9 June 2026 is used as the incident date.
The two men are identified only as Colombian citizens, with no names, ages or place of imprisonment reported.
The reports do not state whether the 150-month term applies to each man individually.
No value estimate for the seized marijuana was published.
The same Infobae roundup also describes a 365-package seizure in Río Hato, a Bella Vista arrest and Los Santos operations; those are separate events left out of this report.
A man was sentenced to 96 months in prison in Panama on 11 November 2026 for aggravated drug possession, eight days after a search in the barriada Arboleda, La Chorrera, seized 83.20 grams of marijuana. The same search seized 469 packages of suspected cocaine, and the man was also fined USD 100.
A judge in Chiriquí approved a plea agreement on 5 October 2026 and sentenced three foreign nationals aged 27, 29 and 32 to 11 years for international drug trafficking, two days after the aeronaval service intercepted a boat carrying 2,852 packages of cannabis south of Punta Burica.
Three people caught in front of the Veraguas police zone in Santiago with 1.12 kg of marijuana were convicted of aggravated possession. One man and the woman received seven years each and the third man received six years, with $7,596.50 confiscated.
A Panama court sentenced two Colombian men to 13 years in prison for international drug trafficking and for altering a vehicle used to move drugs, the Public Ministry said. The case began on 12 March 2026 when a maritime patrol found them aboard a boat south of Punta Burica with 5.4 kg of marijuana and 621 g of cocaine.
