FELCN seizes cocaine and 20 marijuana packages in three Bioceanic route operations
Under the Frontera Segura plan, Bolivia's FELCN carried out three operations on the Bioceanic route in Santa Cruz in August 2026: two passengers were arrested with five cocaine packages in Roboré, 16 marijuana packages were found in a boxing bag and safe in Puerto Suárez, and four more marijuana packages were found at Puerto Quijarro bus terminal. No weights were published for either substance.
🇧🇴 Bioceanic route, Santa Cruz department, Bolivia
Under the national ‘Frontera Segura’ plan, FELCN officers carried out three
interdiction operations along the Bioceanic route in Santa Cruz, concentrated in
the border municipalities of Roboré, Puerto Suárez and the Puerto Quijarro bus
terminal.[1]In the first operation, officers inspected a passenger bus and
identified two occupants holding five packages of cocaine hydrochloride.[1]The two suspects were immediately apprehended and the cocaine load was seized.[1]
In a second operation focused on parcel inspections, officers found 16 packages
of marijuana concealed inside a boxing bag and a metal safe.[1]In a third
operation at the Puerto Quijarro bus terminal, officers found a cardboard box
containing a metal safe, and on opening it in the presence of the driver,
identified four additional packages of marijuana.[1]Red Uno reported the same
three operations, describing the first as a search of an interprovincial bus in
which officers found two passengers carrying five rectangular packages of
cocaine, and immediately apprehending both suspects.[2]eju.tv, reprinting El
Deber, reported the same three operations and noted the marijuana packages
field-tested positive.[3]
Photos and video
FELCN officer beside the seized package of marijuana found in a metal safe during the Puerto Quijarro terminal operation, in the handout photo published by La Patria. Photo: FelcnPhoto details
Red Unoreduno.com.boESInterceptan droga camuflada en un saco de boxeo y cajas fuertes en la ruta Bioceánica
eju.tv (reprinting El Deber)eju.tvESSanta Cruz: Interceptan droga camuflada en un saco de boxeo y cajas fuertes durante controles en la ruta Bioceánica
Open questions the AI reported
No weight or value was published for the five cocaine packages or the 20 marijuana packages seized across the three operations.
The sources do not give a separate date for each of the three operations; 30 August 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date for all three.
No names, charges or court outcome were reported for the two suspects arrested; the case was at the investigation stage.
La Patria's account is credited to El Potosí; eju.tv's account is credited to El Deber; the three outlets are not independent of each other.
In a border operation on the Motacucito–Puerto Suárez road, UMOPAR officers from Puerto Quijarro detained two people and seized 146 packages of marijuana found in two premises, plus six hand-rolled marijuana cigarettes, under the Frontera Segura 2.0 plan. A motorcycle, a vehicle, a property, a .22 calibre firearm and two mobile phones were also seized; no weight was published.
Felcn's detector dog Lía alerted on two bags in the parcel store of an interprovincial transport company in southern Cochabamba. Officers found 42 vacuum-sealed packages that tested positive for marijuana. No weight or arrest was reported.
Police and prosecutors in Bermejo seized 42.2 kg of marijuana plus 4 grams of cocaine from a vehicle that tried to evade a checkpoint. Four people were charged, with two in preventive detention and two under house arrest, a split the prosecution has appealed.
Bolivia's anti-drug force FELCN seized 18 packages of marijuana from an international bus luggage compartment at the Terminal Bimodal in Santa Cruz and another 10 packages testing positive for marijuana and cocaine base paste from a vehicle near San Ignacio de Velasco. The force opened investigations into the shipments without releasing their weight or saying whether anyone was detained.
