305 marijuana tablets seized from truck bound for Corumba; two held
Bolivian UMOPAR officers stopped a truck on the Bioceanic highway near Puerto Suarez on 13 November 2026 and found 305 tablets that field-tested positive for marijuana. Two men were arrested and the truck, a second vehicle and three phones seized; the load was suspected to be bound for Corumba, Brazil.
🇧🇴 Bioceanic highway, Puerto Suarez, Santa Cruz · Bolivia
Officers of Bolivia’s Unidad Movil Policial para Areas Rurais (UMOPAR) manning a
checkpoint on the Bioceanic highway stopped a truck occupied by two men on
Friday 13 November 2026, on the Bolivian stretch between Puerto Suarez and the
Brazilian border.[1]The two occupants were arrested for drug trafficking and
referred to the procedures of the Bolivian authorities.[1]
A search of the truck found 305 tablets of a substance that tested positive for
marijuana in a preliminary test.[1]A second account describes the find as 305
packages of a greenish substance giving a positive field result for marijuana
during the search of the tractor-trailer.[2]Officers seized the truck, a
second vehicle and three mobile phones, while the total weight of the drug was
not disclosed.[1]
Authorities suspect the load was bound for Brazilian territory, possibly the
Corumba region, the town across from Puerto Quijarro with a road link to Puerto
Suarez.[1]The stop was a UMOPAR drug-trafficking interdiction operation on
the Bioceanic highway in the municipality of Puerto Suarez, Santa Cruz, under
the Frontera Segura 2.0 - Vias Seguras operations plan.[2]
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