Colombia’s navy and Peru’s anti-drug directorate seized 500 kilograms of creepy marijuana left abandoned near Santa Rosa, Peru, on the Colombian border, the Colombian navy reported.[1] Peruvian anti-drug units found 16 canvas sacks abandoned on the bank of the Amazon river.[1] The sacks held 445 rectangular packages that looked like marijuana by colour, smell and texture, and a preliminary identification test came back positive for the creepy variety.[1] The test gave a net weight of 470 kilograms.[1]

The navy valued the load at close to three million dollars.[1] It said the seizure prevented the distribution of more than 78,000 doses of marijuana.[1] No one was arrested in the operation: the load had been abandoned.[1] The naval authority called the operation a hard blow to transnational drug-trafficking organisations.[1] The navy said its Amazon naval force would keep running operations against transnational drug-trafficking organisations.[2]

El Heraldo also reported the marijuana was found abandoned on the bank of the Amazon river and would have a commercial value of almost three million dollars.[2] The same outlet reported that the load was found in the general area of Santa Rosa, Peru, in 445 packages inside 16 canvas sacks, and was put at the disposal of Peru’s authorities.[2]