FELCN intercepts van with 896 packages of marijuana on Potosí–Sucre road
Bolivia's FELCN stopped a private van at a static checkpoint on the Potosí–Sucre highway and found 45 jute sacks holding 896 packages that field-tested positive for marijuana. It was not known whether the driver or anyone else was detained, and the weight was not published.
Anti-drug agents intercepted a van carrying 896 packages of marijuana on the
Potosí–Sucre road, according to the police report.[1]EL DEBER reported that
officers seized 45 jute sacks in which the marijuana was packed.[1]Officers
of Bolivia’s FELCN, the Special Force against Drug Trafficking, stopped the
private van at a static vehicle checkpoint on the Potosí–Sucre highway.[2]The
FELCN personnel involved were from Sucre.[3]
Inside the vehicle they found 45 light-blue jute sacks holding 896 beige
packages of a greenish herb.[2]A field test was positive for marijuana, and
the packages were seized as a controlled substance.[2]The packages were
wrapped in beige tape, the newspaper reported.[3]
The controlled substance was seized, but it was not known whether the driver or
anyone else had been detained.[3]Police said this was the start of an
investigation and that a press conference was expected to give more details of
the operation.[3]The FELCN unit in Sucre said it runs intensive operations on
the region’s interdepartmental routes, where large marijuana seizures had been
reported frequently in the previous two months.[3]
Photos and video
The impounded van with the jute sacks of marijuana packages beside it, in a FELCN photograph. Photo: FELCNPhoto details
EL DEBEReldeber.com.boESAgentes antidrogas interceptan un furgón cargado con 896 paquetes de marihuana
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No weight for the 896 packages was published, so no kilogram figure can be recorded.
No detention figure is recorded: EL DEBER reported it was not known whether the driver or anyone else had been apprehended, and no suspect, charge or court step was reported.
No exact date is given for the operation: the news accounts are dated 12 November 2025 and Correo del Sur says the van was stopped 'in the last few hours', so that publication date is used.
The point of interception on the Potosí–Sucre highway is not named, and the route crosses the Chuquisaca and Potosí departments, so the coordinates mark the route as a whole.
EL DEBER's tag page carries only the headline and lead; its full account was read at the article address the tag page links to.
Correo del Sur's three photographs are all credited to the FELCN and appear to be the same agency handout as EL DEBER's single photo, which is listed once from EL DEBER's article page.
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