{"version":1,"id":"cr","name":"Costa Rica","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/cr/","count":9,"totals":{"reports":9,"arrested":24,"plants_destroyed":121195,"hectares":1.9,"kg_seized":8291.927,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":1,"seizure":4,"raid":2,"arrest":2,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-11-04","reports":[{"id":"cartago-taras-dike-marijuana-seizure","code":"CET-MGPN6D","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cartago-taras-dike-marijuana-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/MGPN6D/","date":"2026-11-04","added_at":"2026-11-04T20:44:28.561501Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"cr","country_name":"Costa Rica","place":"dique de Miraflores, Taras, Cartago","coordinates":[9.885,-83.918],"precision":"district","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Nine marijuana packs and 158 doses seized in Cartago","summary":"Fuerza Pública officers seized nine packs and 158 doses of suspected marijuana plus cash at the Miraflores dike in Taras, Cartago, after three suspects fled. The mixed seizure also contained crack, cocaine, tusi and ecstasy and was handed to judicial authorities.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":0.126},"tags":["cartago","taras","marijuana"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The article gives no separate date for the intervention; 4 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.","The cannabis weight is approximate, calculated as nine wrappers at about 14 grams each, about 126 grams in total, not a laboratory weight.","No weight was published for the 158 doses of marijuana, so no additional kilograms can be recorded and total cannabis weight is incomplete.","Crack, cocaine, tusi and ecstasy quantities are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure and are excluded from cannabis figures.","The seized ₡69,000 in cash is alleged proceeds and is not recorded as drug value.","No arrests, charges or court outcome were reported; three people fled and the seizure was placed at the disposal of judicial authorities.","Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Spanish and English.","The page carries a photo without caption, alt text or credit that does not establish that it shows this seizure, so no media entry is included."],"sources":[{"title":"Fuerza Pública decomisó droga y dinero durante intervención policial en Cartago","url":"https://crprensa.com/2026/11/04/fuerza-publica-decomiso-droga-y-dinero-durante-intervencion-policial-en-cartago/","publisher":"CRprensa.com","date":"2026-11-04","archived":null}]},{"id":"costa-rica-halloween-grecia-palmares","code":"CET-EFGT2C","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/costa-rica-halloween-grecia-palmares/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EFGT2C/","date":"2026-10-30","added_at":"2026-11-01T14:57:56.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:21:27.000Z","country":"cr","country_name":"Costa Rica","place":"Grecia, Alajuela","coordinates":[10.0693,-84.3136],"precision":"district","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"One man held in Grecia as Costa Rica Halloween operation seizes cannabis","summary":"Costa Rica's Fuerza Pública detained a man in Grecia, Alajuela, on the first night of its Halloween operation after police said he was carrying marijuana, cocaine and crack, and seized the same three drugs and ₡655,000 in cash in Palmares. The operation deployed 1,500 officers for Halloween and the Día de la Mascarada Costarricense.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1},"tags":["grecia","palmares","alajuela","halloween","fuerza-publica"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.infobae.com/costa-rica/2026/11/01/inicio-del-operativo-halloween-dejo-decomisos-de-armas-drogas-y-788-multas-de-transito-en-costa-rica/","media_url":"https://www.infobae.com/resizer/v2/44SACHBW4VGFPDXKFFNLBE7MOA.jpg?auth=ae79a76e2b3cba7a1f18a616c4eb506e3fc497690669387286eb966c2e670c68&smart=true&width=992&height=565&quality=85","publisher":"Infobae","caption":"Police display drugs and cash seized in Grecia and Palmares during the operation. Photo: Ministerio de Seguridad Pública, via Infobae."},{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.infobae.com/costa-rica/2026/11/01/inicio-del-operativo-halloween-dejo-decomisos-de-armas-drogas-y-788-multas-de-transito-en-costa-rica/","media_url":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/rYTYHuAF-o549A0fu.mp4","publisher":"Infobae","caption":"Video of the first night of the Halloween operation, showing seized weapons, drugs, cash and vehicles. Video: Ministerio de Defensa Pública, via Infobae."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The Ministry of Public Security did not give the amounts of marijuana, cocaine or crack seized in Grecia or Palmares.","The reports did not name the man detained in Grecia, say whether he was charged, or describe his court situation.","The accounts do not say whether the Grecia detention and the Palmares seizure were connected.","The same first night also produced firearms seizures and 788 traffic citations, separate results left out of this report.","Only the first night of the operation is covered; later results were not part of these accounts.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in La Nación (Costa Rica): The operation's first night was Friday 30 October 2026, with interventions in San José and Alajuela."],"sources":[{"title":"Inicio del operativo Halloween dejó decomisos de armas, drogas y 788 multas de tránsito en Costa Rica","url":"https://www.infobae.com/costa-rica/2026/11/01/inicio-del-operativo-halloween-dejo-decomisos-de-armas-drogas-y-788-multas-de-transito-en-costa-rica/","publisher":"Infobae","date":"2026-10-31","archived":null},{"title":"“Operativo Halloween” deja armas y drogas decomisadas en primera noche","url":"https://www.diarioextra.com/noticia/operativo-halloween-deja-armas-y-drogas-decomisadas-en-primera-noche","publisher":"Diario Extra","date":"2026-10-31","archived":null}]},{"id":"liberia-canas-dulces-197-plants","code":"CET-S8WWT1","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/liberia-canas-dulces-197-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/S8WWT1/","date":"2026-10-26","added_at":"2026-10-30T20:38:50.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"cr","country_name":"Costa Rica","place":"Cañas Dulces district, Liberia canton, Guanacaste","coordinates":[10.816,-85.483],"precision":"district","type":"raid","also":["seizure","arrest","eradication"],"title":"Border police dismantle a Liberia nursery with 197 cannabis plants","summary":"During a preventive patrol on 26 October 2026 Costa Rica’s border police, air surveillance and drug-control police, under Liberia prosecutors, raided a Cañas Dulces property used as a cannabis nursery, seized 197 plants and 50 kg of processed material and held a 40-year-old Colombian suspect named Samboni.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":50,"plants_destroyed":197},"tags":["liberia","guanacaste","border-police","nursery"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["The public statements give 26 October 2026 as the announcement date; neither opened account states a separate calendar day for the patrol itself.","Authorities published only the suspect’s surname Samboni and said Liberia prosecutors would decide his legal status; no charges were listed.","No photographs of the raid were linked in the sources opened here."],"sources":[{"title":"Autoridades de Seguridad Pública localizan y desmantelan vivero utilizado para el cultivo de marihuana","url":"https://crinformativo.com/2026/10/26/autoridades-de-seguridad-publica-localizan-y-desmantelan-vivero-utilizado-para-el-cultivo-de-marihuana/","publisher":"CRinformativo","date":"2026-10-26","archived":null},{"title":"Desmantelan vivero narco: Policía incauta casi 200 plantas y 50 kilos de marihuana","url":"https://www.amprensa.com/2026/10/desmantelan-vivero-narco-policia-incauta-casi-200-plantas-y-50-kilos-de-marihuana","publisher":"Amprensa","date":"2026-10-26","archived":null}]},{"id":"san-jose-corazon-jesus-lab-raid","code":"CET-NX2HBZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/san-jose-corazon-jesus-lab-raid/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NX2HBZ/","date":"2026-09-10","added_at":"2026-10-30T20:36:29.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"cr","country_name":"Costa Rica","place":"Corazón de Jesús, Hospital district, San José","coordinates":[9.928,-84.093],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Indoor cannabis lab dismantled in San José after a 911 family call","summary":"After a 911 alert in Corazón de Jesús, San José, Costa Rican police found cannabis on a table, then raided a controlled-environment grow on 10 September 2026, detaining five people and seizing 53 plants and more than 3.8 kg of processed marijuana.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":5,"kg_seized":3.801,"plants_destroyed":53},"tags":["san-jose","indoor-lab","pcd"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.infobae.com/costa-rica/2026/09/12/autoridades-costarricenses-desmantelan-laboratorio-de-marihuana-en-san-jose-y-detienen-a-cinco-personas/","media_url":"https://www.infobae.com/resizer/v2/N3XKEGPDJ5BRTFGZAD2XENL62A.png?auth=1eb33861d4a5d24894ada72316da8b86b6380cdf42c5cfda5e279679dccdbd09&smart=true&width=1200&height=630&quality=85","publisher":"Infobae (Ministerio de Seguridad Pública)","caption":"Cannabis plants inside the controlled grow, credited to Costa Rica’s public security ministry"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.telediario.cr/nacional/cinco-personas-detenidas-tras-localizar-laboratorio-de-marihuana","media_url":"https://cdn.telediario.cr/uploads/media/2026/09/12/cinco-personas-detenidas-tras-localizar.jpg","publisher":"Telediario","caption":"Scene from the San José laboratory raid published by Telediario"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["Infobae said the drug police search took place on Thursday 10 September 2026; Telediario filed its story on 12 September without repeating the calendar date.","The ministry said most detainees had prior drug possession records but did not specify which of the five.","Authorities did not say how long the laboratory had operated or where the cannabis was sold."],"sources":[{"title":"Autoridades costarricenses desmantelan laboratorio de marihuana en San José y detienen a cinco personas","url":"https://www.infobae.com/costa-rica/2026/09/12/autoridades-costarricenses-desmantelan-laboratorio-de-marihuana-en-san-jose-y-detienen-a-cinco-personas/","publisher":"Infobae","date":"2026-09-11","archived":null},{"title":"Cinco personas detenidas tras localizar laboratorio de marihuana","url":"https://www.telediario.cr/nacional/cinco-personas-detenidas-tras-localizar-laboratorio-de-marihuana","publisher":"Telediario","date":"2026-09-12","archived":null}]},{"id":"talamanca-120945-plants-eradicated","code":"CET-H6S92Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/talamanca-120945-plants-eradicated/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/H6S92Q/","date":"2026-09-09","added_at":"2026-11-01T22:44:06.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"cr","country_name":"Costa Rica","place":"Telire district, Talamanca canton, Limón Province","coordinates":[9.373971,-83.1215],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"120,945 cannabis plants destroyed in Alta Talamanca","summary":"Costa Rican police destroyed 120,945 cannabis plants across 35 plots in the mountainous Telire district of Limón during a ten-day eradication operation. [@1,2] The sites covered about 19,000 square metres and included Alto and Bajo Bley, Lagunas de Alto Bley and Cerro Xorbata. [@1,2]","status":"verified","figures":{"plants_destroyed":120945,"hectares":1.9},"tags":["talamanca","telire","eradication","indigenous-territory"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.amprensa.com/2026/09/policia-destruye-mas-de-120-mil-plantas-de-marihuana-en-territorios-indigenas-de-talamanca","media_url":"https://www.amprensa.com/assets/img/imp/spoliciadestruyemasde120m6917-800.webp","publisher":"AM Prensa","caption":"An officer walks among cannabis plants in a wooded plot in the Telire district."},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.diarioextra.com/noticia/erradican-mas-de-120-mil-plantas-de-marihuana-en-territorios-indigenas/","media_url":"https://gxtra-cr-dxtra.cdn.mediatiquepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-09-at-3.37.27-PM-606x800.jpeg","publisher":"Diario Extra","caption":"A PCD officer stands among cannabis plants in a wooded plot; photo credited to Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security.","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260911100150/https://www.diarioextra.com/noticia/erradican-mas-de-120-mil-plantas-de-marihuana-en-territorios-indigenas/"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.diarioextra.com/noticia/erradican-mas-de-120-mil-plantas-de-marihuana-en-territorios-indigenas/","media_url":"https://gxtra-cr-dxtra.cdn.mediatiquepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-09-at-3.37.00-PM-800x800.jpeg","publisher":"Diario Extra","caption":"Cannabis plants growing in a wooded plot; 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The first boat held more than 2.5 tonnes of cocaine presumed bound for the United States, while no separate cannabis weight was published.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":6},"tags":["puntarenas","osa","boat-seizure"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No separate weight was published for the marijuana aboard the second boat, and the reported 2.5 tonnes refers to cocaine aboard the first boat, so no cannabis kilograms are recorded.","The names, ages, nationalities and legal status of the three men detained aboard the second boat were not published.","No charges, custody decision or court outcome for any of the six detainees were reported.","Only one accessible account of this operation could be opened, so no second source confirms the second boat's mixed load.","The page's two photographs show the cocaine boat and part of the seized drug load and do not separately identify a cannabis seizure, so no media entry is included.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in Primicias: The first boat was a 38-foot nauta-type launch fitted with three 250-horsepower outboard motors whose crew tried to escape before the coast guard caught them."],"sources":[{"title":"Dos ecuatorianos detenidos en Costa Rica por transportar más de 2,5 toneladas de cocaína en una lancha rápida","url":"https://www.primicias.ec/sucesos/ecuatorianos-detenidos-costa-rica-cocaina-lancha-estados-unidos-127610/","publisher":"Primicias","date":"2026-07-10","archived":null}]},{"id":"golfito-pacific-2750kg-marijuana-2026","code":"CET-HDT62S","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/golfito-pacific-2750kg-marijuana-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HDT62S/","date":"2026-07-08","added_at":"2026-11-04T19:38:38.904641Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-04T20:54:40.000Z","country":"cr","country_name":"Costa Rica","place":"Pacific waters off Golfito and Bahía Ballena de Osa, Puntarenas","coordinates":[8.635,-83.168],"precision":"region","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Six held as 2,750 kg of marijuana seized off Golfito","summary":"Costa Rican coast guards intercepted two drug boats in the southern Pacific on 8 July 2026 and detained six crew members, four Colombians and two Ecuadorians. Police said one boat carried about 2,750 kg of marijuana alongside cocaine, the cannabis component recorded here.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":6,"kg_seized":2750},"tags":["puntarenas","golfito","maritime"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/america-latina/2026/07/09/decomiso-de-droga-en-costa-rica-54-toneladas-incautadas/3595272","media_url":"https://resources.diariolibre.com/images/2026/07/10/decomiso-de-droga-en-costa-rica-54-toneladas-incautadas-5d0268f9-focus-0-0-896-504.jpg","publisher":"Diario Libre","caption":"Photo of the seized drug packages from the Pacific South interceptions. Credit: external source (FUENTE EXTERNA)."},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.infobae.com/costa-rica/2026/07/10/otro-golpe-al-narcotrafico-en-costa-rica-decomisan-54-toneladas-de-drogas-en-el-pacifico-sur/","media_url":"https://www.infobae.com/resizer/v2/52JGN2HF7RCXBGTB6E4NE4QF4Y.png?auth=46fa056e1611355b53c3ec48435b5bfd7faf680cf51b289699749caa9f6f3363&smart=true&width=350&height=236&quality=85","publisher":"Infobae","caption":"Drug Control Police officers count and weigh the seized drugs in Golfito. Credit: MSP."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The calendar date 8 July 2026 is inferred because the 9 July reports describe both interceptions as happening on the previous Wednesday, within 24 hours.","The reports give the combined total as both 5.4 tonnes and 5.5 tonnes; this report uses the ministry balance of 5,426 kilos, about 5.4 tonnes.","The marijuana figure is reported as approximately 2,750 kilos, not an exact laboratory weight.","Cocaine weights of 150 kilos and 2,526 kilos are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure and are excluded from cannabis figures, as is the combined drug total.","No court outcome was reported; police said the six face international drug-trafficking proceedings and investigations continue.","No separate cannabis-only valuation was published.","The new account published 10 July 2026 gives no separate dates for the two interceptions; the existing 8 July date remains inferred from the 9 July reports.","The new account reports the second seizure as 2.526 kilos of cocaine, while the existing report counts 2,526 packages of cocaine from its earlier source.","The new account does not name the first boat as Angel del Pacifico and does not describe the second boat's type or motors, so those existing details still rest on the earlier sources.","The new account does not identify a captain for the second boat, while the existing report names Chila as captain from Diario Libre.","The page main image is captioned only with the overall 5.4-tonne seizure summary and is not established to show this interception, so no media entry is added.","Background figures on 2025 ICD cocaine totals and Escudo de las Américas cooperation in the same article are left out as national context, not part of this event."],"sources":[{"title":"Costa Rica decomisa 5.4 toneladas de droga y detiene a seis hombres en el Pacífico Sur","url":"https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/america-latina/2026/07/09/decomiso-de-droga-en-costa-rica-54-toneladas-incautadas/3595272","publisher":"Diario Libre","date":"2026-07-09","archived":null},{"title":"Otro golpe al narcotráfico en Costa Rica: decomisan 5,4 toneladas de drogas en el Pacífico Sur","url":"https://www.infobae.com/costa-rica/2026/07/10/otro-golpe-al-narcotrafico-en-costa-rica-decomisan-54-toneladas-de-drogas-en-el-pacifico-sur/","publisher":"Infobae","date":"2026-07-09","archived":null},{"title":"Costa Rica incauta 5,4 toneladas de droga y captura a seis presuntos narcotraficantes","url":"https://cronicadelquindio.com/actualidad/mundo/costa-rica-incauta-54-toneladas-de-droga-y-captura-a-seis-presuntos-narcotraficantes/","publisher":"Crónica del Quindio","date":"2026-07-10","archived":null}]},{"id":"quepos-matapalo-1940-packs-seizure","code":"CET-PKQ3H8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/quepos-matapalo-1940-packs-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PKQ3H8/","date":"2026-06-22","added_at":"2026-11-04T21:54:04.124266Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"cr","country_name":"Costa Rica","place":"Playa Matapalo, Quepos, Puntarenas","coordinates":[9.32,-84.153],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Two Nicaraguans held off Matapalo with 1,940 marijuana packs","summary":"Costa Rican coast guards intercepted a 36-foot speedboat about 120 nautical miles off Playa Matapalo, Quepos, and arrested two Nicaraguan crew members. The Drug Control Police later counted 1,940 packages of marijuana weighing about one kilogram each, plus one kilogram of cocaine.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":1940},"tags":["puntarenas","matapalo","maritime","dea"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.laprensani.com/2026/06/22/sucesos/3720674-nicas-detenidos-marihuana-costa-rica","media_url":"https://s3.laprensani.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/lancha-con-droga.jpg","publisher":"La Prensa","caption":"The intercepted speedboat and detained men during the anti-drug operation off Matapalo. Photo: Ministerio de Seguridad Pública de Costa Rica"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The first account reported about 1,400 packs and said the weight had not been released; the later drug-police count was 1,940 packs of about one kilogram each, so 1,940 kg is an approximate pack-weight calculation, not a laboratory weight.","One kilogram of cocaine reported with the marijuana is mentioned only to explain the mixed load and is excluded from cannabis figures.","La Prensa said the detainees had not been identified, while AM Prensa gave only the surnames Bustillo and Simón; no given names were published.","No charges, precautionary ruling or court outcome were reported; the men were awaiting a prosecutorial and judicial decision.","The articles give no separate date for the interception; 22 June 2026 is the publication date used as the incident date.","The submitted page also recalls a separate January 2026 seizure of about 3.5 tonnes off Cabo Matapalo, left out here as a different event.","The 120-nautical-mile position is at sea; coordinates are for Playa Matapalo as the named locality, not the interception point.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in AM Prensa: That later count was 1,940 marijuana packages of about one kilogram each, plus one kilogram of cocaine."],"sources":[{"title":"Operativo de la DEA y Costa Rica deja dos nicas detenidos con marihuana","url":"https://www.laprensani.com/2026/06/22/sucesos/3720674-nicas-detenidos-marihuana-costa-rica","publisher":"La Prensa","date":"2026-06-22","archived":null},{"title":"Operativo internacional en aguas de Costa Rica deja dos detenidos con casi dos toneladas de marihuana","url":"https://www.amprensa.com/2026/06/operativo-internacional-en-aguas-de-costa-rica-deja-dos-detenidos-con-casi-dos-toneladas-de-marihuana","publisher":"AM Prensa","date":"2026-06-22","archived":null}]},{"id":"costa-rica-matapalo-3548kg-boat","code":"CET-0BK24Y","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/costa-rica-matapalo-3548kg-boat/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0BK24Y/","date":"2026-01-20","added_at":"2026-10-30T19:24:14.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"cr","country_name":"Costa Rica","place":"Cabo Matapalo, Pacific coast, Puntarenas","coordinates":[8.402,-83.088],"precision":"region","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Costa Rica and DEA seize 3,548 kg of marijuana from a boat off Matapalo","summary":"On the night of 20 January 2026 Costa Rican drug police and the Coast Guard, with DEA support, intercepted a go-fast boat about 40 nautical miles southwest of Cabo Matapalo and seized 6,452 marijuana packages weighing 3,548 kg. Three Colombian crew members were detained and the vessel Monarca CP01 was towed to Golfito.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":3,"kg_seized":3548},"tags":["puntarenas","matapalo","dea","maritime"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/grok-4.7-low","open_questions":["La Nación says each of 6,452 packages weighed about 550 grams, totalling 3,548 kg; A.M. Costa Rica rounded to about 3,000 one-kilogram packages and Telediario's first tally spoke of more than two tonnes before the final weigh-in.","The detained men were identified only by the surnames Cortés, Vallecillo and Carvajal; given names were not published in the sources opened.","Pretrial detention hearings were pending; no conviction was reported.","Packages bore a turtle logo with Costa Rican and Colombian flags; Security told La Nación the mark does not necessarily identify one criminal group."],"sources":[{"title":"Policía decomisa cargamento de marihuana valorado en ¢2.000 millones en el Pacífico sur","url":"https://www.nacion.com/sucesos/policia-decomisa-cargamento-de-marihuana-valorado/JMPHCNNHNNFI7DFGRDPNKR6USI/story/","publisher":"La Nación (Costa Rica)","date":"2026-01-22","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260123165327/https://www.nacion.com/sucesos/policia-decomisa-cargamento-de-marihuana-valorado/JMPHCNNHNNFI7DFGRDPNKR6USI/story/"},{"title":"Policía costarricense y DEA decomisan más de tres toneladas de marihuana en el Pacífico Sur","url":"https://www.infobae.com/costa-rica/2026/01/23/policia-costarricense-y-dea-decomisan-mas-de-tres-toneladas-de-marihuana-en-el-pacifico-sur/","publisher":"Infobae","date":"2026-01-23","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260124011206/https://www.infobae.com/costa-rica/2026/01/23/policia-costarricense-y-dea-decomisan-mas-de-tres-toneladas-de-marihuana-en-el-pacifico-sur/"}]}]}