Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
🇺🇸 United States · Police · 27 reports
- People arrested
- 126
- Plants destroyed
- 88,425
- Cannabis seized
- 89.453 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
HSI seizes 3,200 kg of marijuana from two go-fast vessels
HSI in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, said two go-fast vessels carrying about 3,200 kilograms of marijuana and 3,188 kilograms of cocaine were intercepted under Operation Iron Current, a case against a Colombia-based trafficking organization. ICE put the street value of the haul at more than $80.5 million.
Cannabis 3.2 tConvicted felon arrested with gun, marijuana in Midland stop
TAG officers stopped Julian Jesus Medrano in Midland on 4 November 2026 and found him with marijuana and a firearm as a convicted felon. He was arrested for unlawful firearm possession and booked into the Midland County Detention Center on a U.S. Marshals detainer.
Arrested 114 store raids in Jackson metro net 800 lb of THC products
Mississippi Department of Public Safety agents served 14 search warrants at stores across Madison, Rankin and Hinds counties in Operation Preferred Purp and seized more than 800 pounds of THC products, with arrests made but not counted. The more than 200 pounds of products labeled as kratom, suspected of containing federally banned substances, are excluded from the cannabis weight.
Cannabis 362.874 kgCreighton man jailed 20 years in meth, cocaine, marijuana conspiracy
Samuel Rosberg, 25, of Creighton was sentenced to 248 months in federal prison for a polydrug conspiracy that included marijuana and THC products alongside methamphetamine, cocaine and psilocybin, plus a firearm count. The case involved statewide distribution, controlled buys in Kearney and more than 20 firearms seized from his Creighton home.
Prison 248 monthsTwo charged after 11 simultaneous Montgomery raids net 35 pounds of marijuana
Alabama's State Bureau of Investigation and the attorney general's office led searches at 11 Montgomery locations on 27 October 2026, ending a five-month inquiry. Officers seized 15,932 grams of marijuana, other drugs, five firearms and $14,157.93 in cash, and arrested Rodriquez Oates, 39, on a marijuana trafficking charge and Leon Howard III, 42, on a stolen-property charge.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 15.932 kgSix charged over four Las Vegas marijuana grow houses
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas indicted six residents on 10 counts over four alleged illegal marijuana grow houses maintained from January 2025 to February 2026. Each faces manufacturing and conspiracy charges near a protected area, with arraignment set for 1 September 2026 and a possible life sentence.
Charged 610,615 pounds of marijuana seized at Baltimore port
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 10,615 pounds of marijuana in Baltimore on 29 May 2026 from a shipping container bound for Liverpool, England. The load was manifested as shirts and valued at $24 million, with no arrests reported as Homeland Security Investigations continues its inquiry.
Cannabis 4.815 tTask force raids Prague grows, seizes 48,665 plants and 1,803 lb
On 6 May 2026 Oklahoma's Organized Crime Task Force raided Benson Kush and Grand Growth in Prague, detaining 36 people, seizing 48,665 marijuana plants and 1,803 pounds of processed cannabis the attorney general valued at more than $3 million, and handing three people to ICE.
Arrested 36Plants destroyed 48,665Cannabis 817.8 kg15,000 marijuana plants seized at unregistered Wilson grow
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Organized Crime Task Force raided Purple Light 168 LLC near Wilson on 20 October 2025, eradicating about 15,000 plants and processed marijuana. Several workers were handed to ICE; criminal arrests were still pending.
Plants destroyed 15,0004,760 cannabis plants seized from Skowhegan grow; three from Brooklyn arrested
Somerset County sheriff's deputies searching a home on Waterville Road in Skowhegan found 4,760 cannabis plants in March 2024 and arrested three Brooklyn residents, who were charged with drug trafficking and marijuana cultivation. The home held cash, a pickup truck and signs of black mould and electrical faults, and one defendant's trial later collapsed after he returned to China.
Arrested 3Charged 3Plants destroyed 4,760Cash confiscated USD 7,000CBP seizes 2,410 lbs of cannabis at Buffalo's Peace Bridge
CBP officers at Buffalo's Peace Bridge found 2,145 vacuum-sealed packages holding 2,410 lbs of cannabis in a 20-pallet commercial shipment on 15 October 2020, valued at over $8 million; Homeland Security Investigations took over the case.
Cannabis 1.09316 t1,995 pounds of marijuana found in trailer roof at San Luis
Officers at the Port of San Luis found more than 1,995 pounds of marijuana worth nearly 998,000 dollars hidden in the roof of an empty tractor-trailer on 24 April 2019. A drug dog alerted officers to nearly 170 packages in the ceiling; the 26-year-old driver was arrested and handed to federal investigators.
Arrested 1Cannabis 904.92 kg4,100 pounds of marijuana found in sheet-metal load at Nogales
Officers at the Mariposa crossing in Nogales found more than 4,100 pounds of marijuana worth nearly 2.1 million dollars hidden in a shipment of rolled sheet metal on 20 April 2019. A drug dog alerted officers to about 600 bundles in the load; the driver was arrested and handed to federal investigators.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.85973 t7 tons of marijuana found in metal-racks shipment at Otay Mesa
CBP officers found 722 packages holding 14,965 pounds of marijuana hidden in boxes in a trailer declared as metal racks at Otay Mesa on 6 June 2018. The load was valued at about $8.6 million; the driver's visa was cancelled and he was turned over to federal agents.
Arrested 1Cannabis 6.78801 t2,800 pounds of marijuana seized in Easter weekend busts at Lukeville
Customs officers at Arizona's Port of Lukeville arrested four US citizens and seized more than 2,800 pounds (about 1,270 kg) of marijuana worth $1.4 million in two Easter weekend smuggling attempts. A drug dog found 2,600 pounds hidden in a motorhome on the Saturday and 150 pounds in a pickup's bed the next day.
Arrested 4Cannabis 1.27 tCBP seizes 5 tonnes of marijuana hidden in pump parts at Nogales
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa Commercial Facility in Nogales found more than 10,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of vacuum pump parts on 7 December 2016. The 23-year-old Mexican driver was arrested and turned over to Homeland Security Investigations.
Arrested 1Cannabis 4.53592 tFour arrested, 1,010 kg of marijuana seized from boat off Venezuela in CCSF week
U.S. Coast Guard cutter Joseph Napier intercepted a fast boat about 44 nautical miles northeast of Blanquilla, Venezuela, on 23 August 2016, arresting four men from Jamaica and Antigua and seizing 1,010 kilograms of marijuana. In the same week the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force also took 2,386 kilograms of cocaine, with nine arrests in all and an agency estimate of about $60 million.
Arrested 9Cannabis 1.01 tICE agent kills Fernando Llanez in Chula Vista marijuana sting
An undercover ICE agent shot dead Fernando Geovanni Llanez, 22, during a marijuana buy-bust at an Eastlake shopping centre in Chula Vista on 14 June 2016. His family disputed the official account, saying he had not known he was walking into a drug deal and was shot while already down.
Arrested 5Deaths 1CBP finds 7 tonnes of marijuana in furniture truck at Otay Mesa
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa cargo facility found 587 packages of marijuana weighing 14,219 pounds in a tractor-trailer that had declared a load of furniture on 28 April 2016. The 47-year-old Mexican driver was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations.
Arrested 1Cannabis 6.44963 t13 charged after panga landed 2,800 lb of marijuana at Arroyo Quemada
Thirteen people were charged in federal court after a Mexican panga landed nearly 3,000 pounds of marijuana at Arroyo Quemada Beach, west of Santa Barbara, early on 30 January 2016. Officers stopped a van in Camarillo and a pick-up in Carpinteria and seized 114 bales weighing more than 2,800 pounds.
Arrested 13Charged 13Cannabis 1.2701 t20,000 plants seized in statewide Colorado illicit-grow crackdown, 32 held
Federal, state and local officers dismantled illicit marijuana grows across Colorado over six weeks, destroying nearly 20,000 plants and seizing more than 300 kg of dried cannabis. Thirty-two people were arrested and face federal drug trafficking charges.
Arrested 32Plants destroyed 20,000Cannabis 300 kgNogales officers seize 14,900 pounds of marijuana in two days
CBP officers at the Mariposa crossing seized nearly 14,900 pounds of marijuana worth nearly 7.4 million dollars in back-to-back seizures on 10 and 11 March 2015, hidden in pump components and green peppers. Both drivers were arrested and referred to Homeland Security Investigations.
Arrested 2Cannabis 6.75853 tFive arrested over nearly 2 tons of marijuana in Whetstone stash house
Federal agents and Sierra Vista police arrested five men and seized nearly two tons of marijuana from a Whetstone stash house and a truck trailer on 11 July 2014. More than 1,200 pounds were found in the trailer and more than 2,600 pounds inside the house.
Arrested 5Cannabis 1.724 tCBP finds 3,498 lb of marijuana hidden in plastic pallets at Calexico East
CBP officers at the Calexico East cargo facility found 3,498 pounds of marijuana hidden inside hollowed-out plastic pallets on 13 November 2013, worth about $1.5 million. The 43-year-old Mexican driver was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations, and officers seized the drugs and the tractor-trailer.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.58667 tVehicles confiscated 1Record 20,375-pound marijuana load found in a squash truck at Nogales
Customs officers at the Mariposa crossing in Nogales found 881 bundles weighing 20,375 pounds of marijuana hidden in a tractor-trailer of Mexican squash, then the largest load seized on Arizona's border; the driver was arrested and handed to federal investigators.
Arrested 1Cannabis 9.24194 tRecord 14,151-pound marijuana load seized at Nogales crossing
CBP officers at the Mariposa cargo facility in Nogales seized 600 bales of marijuana weighing 14,151 pounds from a tractor-trailer on 15 January 2013, then the largest marijuana seizure at an Arizona border crossing.
Arrested 1Cannabis 6.4189 t32 tons of marijuana seized in second Otay Mesa tunnel in two weeks
The San Diego Tunnel Task Force found a 612-yard cross-border tunnel between an Otay Mesa warehouse and Tijuana on 29 November 2011, seizing more than 32 tons of marijuana worth nearly $65 million and arresting six suspects, two weeks after a separate 14-ton tunnel seizure nearby.
Arrested 6Cannabis 29.02991 t