Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR)
🇲🇽 Mexico · Military · 8 reports
- People arrested
- 11
- Plants destroyed
- 122,400
- Cannabis seized
- 7.396 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Two arrested in two Acapulco areas with 41 bags of suspected marijuana
State police and federal forces detained two people during patrols in Acapulco's Paso Limonero and Cervantes neighbourhoods, seizing 41 small bags of suspected marijuana, 20 doses of suspected crystal and a motorcycle. Authorities reported 30 bags of suspected marijuana and the motorcycle in Paso Limonero, and 11 bags in Cervantes.
Arrested 2Vehicles confiscated 1Two men held with marijuana bags and a 9 mm gun in Cancún's SM 63
Cancún municipal police arrested two men, aged 23 and 50, in Supermanzana 63 on 5 November 2026 on suspicion of small-scale drug dealing and seized several bags of suspected marijuana, a 9 mm handgun and crystal. Both were handed to the Quintana Roo state prosecutor's office, which will decide their legal situation.
Arrested 2FGR searches a house in Mérida's colonia Canto and finds marijuana
Federal prosecutors, backed by the National Guard, army, navy and state police, searched a property in colonia Canto, in southern Mérida, Yucatán, before dawn on 5 November 2026 and found marijuana among other drugs. No arrests were reported at the site that afternoon, and the marijuana amounts were never published.
Man held in Mazatlán with 18 suspected marijuana cigarettes
Navy personnel detained a man on Avenida Camarón Sábalo in Mazatlán with 161 bags of suspected drugs, including 18 cigarettes of suspected marijuana. He was handed to investigators; cocaine and methamphetamine in the same stop are not counted as cannabis.
Arrested 1Navy and army destroy 122,400 plants on eight La Yesca plots
On 20, 21 and 22 October 2026 the Mexican navy and the army destroyed about 122,400 marijuana plants on eight plots covering about 14,880 square metres near La Yesca, Nayarit. The statements report no arrests. A separate five-plot destruction in the same municipality on 23 and 24 October is a different event.
Plants destroyed 122,400Area 1.5 haSix Tren de Aragua members arrested in Mexico City; marijuana found in raid
Mexico's federal security secretary announced on 13 January 2026 that six alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were arrested in Mexico City. Two home searches in Valle Gómez, Venustiano Carranza, and one arrest in Iztapalapa seized doses of marijuana and methamphetamine as investigators examined extortion, human trafficking and drug trafficking.
Arrested 66.88 tonnes of marijuana seized at Veracruz port bound for Dominican Republic
Mexico’s Navy seized about 6.88 tonnes of suspected marijuana hidden in pine doors in a container at the port of Veracruz on 22 July 2024. The load, bound for the Dominican Republic, was the largest of four export-concealment seizures reported at the port between July 2024 and January 2025.
Cannabis 6.88 t516 kg of marijuana seized at Manzanillo port bound for Dominican Republic
Mexican naval personnel, customs officers and federal prosecutors seized 516 kg of marijuana in a Dominican Republic-bound container at the port of Manzanillo on 10 November 2021. The load was found on six pallets during a routine inspection with sniffer dogs, and no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 516 kg