Man arrested with 33 handmade marijuana cigarettes in Zaragoza, Antioquia
National Police officers arrested a man in the sector El Puerto of Zaragoza, in Antioquia's Bajo Cauca, and seized 33 handmade marijuana cigarettes from him. He was handed to the 142nd Sectional Prosecutor's Office in Zaragoza on suspicion of drug trafficking, with no weighing or court decision reported.
🇨🇴 sector El Puerto, Zaragoza, Bajo Cauca, Antioquia · Colombia
National Police officers arrested a man caught in the act in the sector El
Puerto of Zaragoza, in Antioquia’s Bajo Cauca subregion, after a patrol,
stop-and-search and background check.[1]Police found 33 handmade marijuana
cigarettes on him, which they seized.[1]
The Antioquia Police Department announced the arrest in a post on its official
account.[2]The police said the arrest was for the crime of trafficking,
manufacturing or carrying narcotics, article 376 of the Criminal Code.[1]
The man and the seized items were handed to the 142nd Sectional Prosecutor’s
Office in Zaragoza for the judicial process.[1]
Minuto30, which published on 6 November, said the arrest had happened according
to unofficial accounts and described the man as not convicted.[3]
Photos and video
Photo posted by the Antioquia Police Department with its statement on the capture of a man with 33 marijuana cigarettes in Zaragoza. Photo: Departamento de Policía AntioquiaPhoto details
Minuto30minuto30.comESCapturan a un hombre con 33 cigarrillos de marihuana en Zaragoza
Open questions the AI reported
The police post is dated 5 November 2026 and Minuto30 published on 6 November, but no source gives the time or exact date of the stop, so 5 November is used as the incident date.
No weight is given for the 33 handmade cigarettes, so no kilogram figure is recorded and the cigarettes are counted only as 33 units.
No identity, age, value estimate or judicial decision was published; the man's legal position remained pending before the prosecutor when the reports appeared.
The Análisis Urbano page carries automated blurbs about other Antioquia seizures, which are different events and are not covered here.
The Antioquia Police Department's post gives no place beyond the municipality of Zaragoza; the sector El Puerto comes from the news accounts.
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