Edition O'040
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · 3 stories
Past 24 hours. Search indexes were thin for US federal, military and most local sources; only verifiable items are included.
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Colombian police, army mountain troops and anti-narcotics officers, backed by the US DEA, located the drums at a hidden site in the Calabazo area of Bonda, close to Tayrona National Park. Authorities valued the cocaine hydrochloride at over 5.5 billion pesos; no arrests were reported.
Colombia's Navy, army, police and prosecutors recovered the cocaine hydrochloride in La Primavera, Vichada, according to the Defense Ministry, which was announced around October 9. The ministry says the river-corridor operations have netted more than 2.5 tonnes in under two weeks; no arrests were reported for this load.
A courier was stopped at Marlborough on 9 October carrying 3.1 kg of cocaine and 3 kg of methamphetamine. A search the following weekend at Tanah Merah and Shailer Park turned up about 10.3 kg of heroin, 7.4 kg of meth, 718 g of cocaine and 600 kg of suspected precursor chemicals; two men face charges, with police estimating A$12 million in street value.
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Total weight intercepted across every story covered so far this year, through Oct 14, 2026. Counts seizures only — sentencings and indictments are not double-counted — and resets to zero each 1 January. Earlier years are kept below.