21-year-old held with over 6 kg of marijuana on Tumaco bus
Police on the Tumaco-Pasto highway detained a 21-year-old known as alias Fumador after finding more than six kilos of marijuana in his suitcase on a public bus. Officers seized seven plastic bags at kilometre 47 and handed him to the Attorney General's Office for drug-trafficking proceedings.
🇨🇴 Kilometre 47, Tumaco-Pasto road, Tumaco, Nariño · Colombia
National Police officers arrested a man during a traffic stop after finding more
than six kilograms of marijuana hidden in his luggage.[1]Officers from the La
Espriella Police Substation made the capture during surveillance and control
activities.[1]The detained man was known by the alias Fumador.[1]
He was caught carrying a suitcase containing seven plastic bags with more than
six kilos of marijuana.[1]Officers found the drugs on a public bus on the
Tumaco-Pasto highway.[1]
Police called on the community to report any suspicious activity that could
affect public safety.[1]
Photos and video
Police photo published with the account of the La Espriella operation and the marijuana seized on the public bus.Photo details
The article gives no separate date for the roadside check; 12 March 2025 is its publication header and is used as the incident date.
The weight is stated only as more than six kilograms/kilos, not an exact measured figure; 6 is recorded as the stated floor.
No court outcome, plea, sentence or value estimate was reported; the case was at the investigation stage after referral to the Attorney General's Office.
Only the police account could be opened; no independent second report of the same bus seizure was found.
The three sidebar thumbnails listed in the capture are unrelated recent-news images and are not listed as media; the main La Espriella operation photo is listed from the page markup without a confirmed depiction beyond its alt/title.
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Left out, as its quotation was not found in Policía Nacional de Colombia: The 21-year-old detainee was placed at the disposal of the Attorney General's Office to answer for manufacturing, trafficking or possession of narcotics.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Policía Nacional de Colombia: The seizure took place at kilometer 47 of the main Tumaco-Pasto road.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Policía Nacional de Colombia: Police described the seizure as a significant step in the authorities' fight against drug trafficking in the region.
Security forces with the Bloque Operativo de Seguridad Urbana carried out at least 30 raids in Ibagué, Tolima, arresting 89 people and seizing 18,441 doses of marijuana. Mayor Johana Aranda said the operations targeted criminal financing; 23 of the detainees were linked to drug trafficking.
Córdoba police arrested seven people on drug-trafficking charges across Lorica, Planeta Rica, Montelíbano and Tierralta, seizing 20.6 grams of weighed marijuana and 12 marijuana cigarettes alongside cocaine, bazuco, coca base and cash. All seven detainees were placed at the disposal of the Fiscalía General de la Nación while their legal status is decided.
National Police arrested a 35-year-old man in the Oasis neighborhood of Rivera, Huila, seizing 57 marijuana cigarettes from his backpack during a Plan Cazador night patrol. He was placed at the disposal of the competent authority on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Police in Frontino, Antioquia, arrested a man in flagrante in the La Máquina sector after finding 219 grams of marijuana along with coca base and bazuco. He was placed at the disposal of local prosecutors on suspicion of trafficking, manufacturing or carrying narcotics.
