42-year-old held with 60 g of marijuana and cocaine in Uribia
Police in Uribia, La Guajira, arrested a 42-year-old man carrying 60 grams of marijuana and 42 grams of cocaine hydrochloride in a bag. He was handed to the Maicao prosecutor's office on suspected drug trafficking charges.
🇨🇴 barrio Venezuela, Uribia, La Guajira · Colombia
A 42-year-old man was captured in flagrante by the National Police during a
search and control procedure in the barrio Venezuela neighbourhood in the
municipality of Uribia, La Guajira.[1]The intervention took place at diagonal
8 with transversal 8, as part of prevention actions carried out by the officers.[1]
Police inspected a bag the man was carrying and found inside it 42 grams of
cocaine hydrochloride and 60 grams of marijuana.[1]The substances were
seized, removing from circulation more than 100 grams of narcotics that were
allegedly intended for sale.[1]
The man was detained and placed at the disposal of the URI Prosecutor’s Office
in Maicao, where he must answer for the alleged offence of drug trafficking,
manufacture or possession.[1]The National Police said it will continue
surveillance, search and control operations across La Guajira to combat local
drug trafficking and strengthen public safety.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no separate date for the intervention; 13 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
Only the 60 grams of marijuana is counted as cannabis; the 42 grams of cocaine hydrochloride and the combined figure of more than 100 grams are excluded from cannabis figures.
No name beyond a 42-year-old man, and no charge, plea or court outcome beyond referral to the Maicao URI prosecutor, was reported.
The account rests on a single accessible source reproducing official police information, with no independent corroboration found.
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