Army seizes 11,692 kg of marijuana in Puerto Asís houses
Colombian Army troops seized 11,692 kg of marijuana in more than 10,000 packages from two houses in Monserrate, Puerto Asís, Putumayo. The Army linked the Brazil-bound load to the Segunda Marquetalia dissidence's Comandos de Frontera.
🇨🇴 Vereda Monserrate, Puerto Asís, Putumayo · Colombia
Colombian Army troops seized marijuana in an operation in a rural area of the
municipality of Puerto Asís, in the Amazonian department of Putumayo, the
institution reported on a Saturday.[1]The load was 11,692 kilograms of
marijuana divided into more than 10,000 packages and was found in two houses in
the vereda (hamlet) of Monserrate.[1]The houses were searched by troops of
the Gaula Militar of the 27th Brigade, with judicial and air support from the
Police Anti-Narcotics Directorate.[1]
Brigadier General Sergio Armando Guzmán Jaimes said the blow was perhaps one of
the biggest dealt in the south of the country in recent times.[1]The general
said intelligence information indicated the drug’s final destination was Brazil.[1]The Army said the seizure struck at the finances of the FARC dissidence
Segunda Marquetalia, specifically the Comandos de Frontera group.[1]The Army
links that group to control of drug-trafficking routes in the border region with
Ecuador.[1]
Authorities said the marijuana moved through clandestine corridors and border
routes used by armed groups to send drugs to international markets.[1]No
arrests of people at the two houses were reported.[1]
Photos and video
Colombian Army soldiers inspect the packages of marijuana seized in the Puerto Asís operation. Photo: @COL_EJERCITO.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
11.692 t
Agency type
Military, Anti-narcotics agency, Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (11.692 t)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Vehicle, Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
El Universaleluniversal.com.mxESIncautan más de 11.6 toneladas de marihuana en Colombia; droga tenía como destino final Brasil
Open questions the AI reported
The opening sentence says the Army seized more than 116 tonnes, while the body details 11,692 kilograms and the headline says 11.6 tonnes; this report uses the detailed 11,692 kg figure.
The article gives no separate date for the searches; 16 May 2026, the publication date and the Saturday on which the Army announced the result, is used as the incident date.
No arrests, detainees, charges or court outcomes were reported.
Only one opened account, EFE via El Universal, could be read; no Army statement or second outlet could be reached, so there is no independent corroboration.
The same article mentions a separate Pacific seizure of more than a tonne of marijuana in 2,112 packages from a boat, and a separate 500-package cocaine seizure in Bahía Solano, Chocó; those are different events left out here.
No value, dose estimate or area figure was published. Conditioning whether the load was dried marijuana plant material is not stated beyond the word marihuana.
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