Edition O'036
Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 4 stories
Past 24 hours. Search indexes were thin for US federal and Brazilian sources; only verifiable items are included.
Nothing significant in the past 24 hours.
Nothing significant in the past 24 hours.
Police at the Port of Guayaquil opened an export container and found 1,684 blocks of cocaine, about 1,676 kg net, concealed in a machine declared as a metal separator. Interior Minister John Reimberg announced the find on October 9; the exporter's manager and legal representative were detained.
Officers at the port of Cartagena found the cocaine hidden in a shipment of cocoa cake that originated in Peru and was destined for Spain. The report mentions no arrests.
In a 24-hour tally announced by President Abelardo de la Espriella, police stopped a truck carrying 611.8 kg of cocaine in Ibagué, Tolima, and arrested its driver. In Mitú, Vaupés, five suspected members of the 'Armando Ríos' structure were captured with 1,058 kg of marijuana and two boats. The figures are government-reported.
About 130 officers carried out 23 simultaneous searches in both countries, seizing 630 kg of cocaine and a second stash of roughly 1.5 tonnes in this phase. Prosecutors allege a detained Spanish police inspector hid 20 million euros in cash at his Madrid home; the wider case covers about 42.5 tonnes of cocaine, with branches in Belgium, Portugal, the Netherlands and the UAE.
Nothing significant in the past 24 hours.
Total weight intercepted across every story covered so far this year, through Oct 10, 2026. Counts seizures only — sentencings and indictments are not double-counted — and resets to zero each 1 January. Earlier years are kept below.