Ecuador police seize 494 kg of marijuana and arrest five in Tulcán
A Cero Impunidad operation in Tulcán on 27 August 2026 seized about 494 kg of marijuana, a pickup, two motorcycles and five phones, and five people were arrested. Police and the prosecutor later gave slightly different weights and place names for the same intervention.
National Police seized marijuana during operation Cero Impunidad in Tulcán, Carchi province, on 27 August 2026.[1][2][3]El Universo said officers found 494.416 kg of cannabis in packages at Guamá Alto and arrested five people, also retaining a pickup, two motorcycles and five mobile phones.[1]
Teleamazonas reported 400 kilograms seized in Tulcán with the same five arrests and the same vehicles and phones taken as evidence.[2][3][4]Interior Minister John Reimberg publicised the 400 kg figure and an estimate of 800,000 doses removed from the market.[2][3]
The Attorney General’s Office said that in the early hours of 27 August police intercepted motorcycles and chased a pickup into rough ground at La Ovejería, recovering 262 rectangular packages and eight plastic bags totalling 494.416 kg of marijuana.[5]Four adults were charged with large-scale trafficking and later received preventive detention; a teenager found on one motorcycle was placed in preventive internment in a separate hearing.[5]
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Source: El TiempoA pickup carrying the seized marijuana after the Tulcán operation. Photo: X/John Reimberg.Photo details
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