Tumaco Coast Guard units detected a Go Fast motorboat in the southern Pacific whose crew tried to escape when they noticed the authorities.[1] The attempt started a pursuit that ended with the interception of the boat and the capture of two Colombian citizens.[1] The two detainees and the seized material were taken to port and then placed at the disposal of the judicial authorities with the confiscated substance.[1] The Navy had not reported the identities of the detainees or the criminal structure to which they were allegedly linked.[1]

Inspecting the boat, officers found 240 bales in different compartments containing 12,125 rectangular packages initially identified as narcotics.[1] Criminal-investigation (Sijín) officers in port ran the homologated preliminary identification test, known as the PIPH, on the material.[1] The test confirmed the cargo was 6,072 kilograms of marijuana, more than six tonnes.[1] The Navy calculated that the shipment would be worth more than 6.3 million dollars on illegal international markets.[1] Naval intelligence indicated Costa Rica as the intended destination, a country used as a transit point on maritime drug-trafficking routes toward international markets.[1]

The Navy did not state the marijuana’s embarkation point, the organization owning the shipment, or whether transshipments were planned during the voyage.[1]