{"version":1,"id":"pr","name":"Puerto Rico","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/pr/","count":9,"totals":{"reports":9,"arrested":2412,"plants_destroyed":2074,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":364678.365,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":3,"raid":2,"arrest":4,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-11-10","reports":[{"id":"humacao-antonio-roig-two-arrests-17-bags-marijuana","code":"CET-3H6NDS","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/humacao-antonio-roig-two-arrests-17-bags-marijuana/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/3H6NDS/","date":"2026-11-10","added_at":"2026-11-11T19:14:57.160649Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"pr","country_name":"Puerto Rico","place":"Urbanización Antonio Roig, Humacao, Puerto Rico","coordinates":[18.1497,-65.8269],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Two men arrested in Humacao police operation; 17 bags of marijuana seized","summary":"Puerto Rico police arrested two men, aged 51 and 57, during a surveillance operation in the Antonio Roig housing estate in Humacao on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Officers seized 17 bags of marijuana, 30 bags of cocaine and 97 bags of crack, along with $67 in cash, and consulted a prosecutor about the case.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"cash":{"amount":67,"currency":"USD"}},"details":{},"data_sources":{"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.cash":[1]},"tags":["humacao","puerto-rico","marihuana","prpd","antonio-roig"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.elvocero.com/ley-y-orden/dos-arrestados-tras-intervenciones-por-drogas-en-residencial-de-humacao/article_c9a2718a-832b-4952-a021-5f7dd7b3e7ef.html","media_url":"https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/elvocero.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/7c/b7cb541c-0f2a-4652-8d5c-ae9225361a2f/6af471967a774.image.jpg?resize=400%2C243","publisher":"El Vocero de Puerto Rico","caption":"Police handout photo of the Humacao drug arrests, credited Suministrada (supplied). Photo: Policía de Puerto Rico"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No weight was given for the 17 bags of marijuana, the 30 bags of cocaine or the 97 bags of crack.","No charges had been filed when the reports were published; the two men were summoned for Thursday 12 November 2026 for possible charges.","Telemundo gives no separate date for the intervention; the report was published on 11 November 2026 and says the arrests happened on Tuesday, which is used as the incident date.","No street value was given for the seized drugs.","Telemundo describes the location as an urbanización (housing estate) while El Vocero calls it a residencial (public housing estate), so the exact nature of the site is unclear.","Only the cannabis component is recorded; the cocaine, crack and cash figures are left out of the figures.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Vocero de Puerto Rico: Radamés Sánchez Rivera was also found with one bag of cocaine.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Vocero de Puerto Rico: The Humacao drugs division worked with the drugs divisions of Fajardo and Caguas, and the case was consulted with prosecutor Israel Umpi.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Vocero de Puerto Rico: The El Vocero report gives no details of what the prosecutor decided afterwards."],"sources":[{"title":"Ocupan cocaína, marihuana y \"crack\" en operativo policíaco en Humacao","url":"https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/puerto-rico/ocupan-cocaina-marihuana-y-crack-en-operativo-policiaco-en-humacao/2860021/","publisher":"Telemundo Puerto Rico","date":"2026-11-11","archived":null},{"title":"Dos arrestados tras intervenciones por drogas en residencial de Humacao","url":"https://www.elvocero.com/ley-y-orden/dos-arrestados-tras-intervenciones-por-drogas-en-residencial-de-humacao/article_c9a2718a-832b-4952-a021-5f7dd7b3e7ef.html","publisher":"El Vocero de Puerto Rico","date":"2026-11-11","archived":null}]},{"id":"puerto-rico-espacio-seguro-60-arrests","code":"CET-SK52K2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/puerto-rico-espacio-seguro-60-arrests/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SK52K2/","date":"2026-08-04","added_at":"2026-11-04T22:30:02.34077Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"pr","country_name":"Puerto Rico","place":"25 municipalities across Puerto Rico","coordinates":[18.2208,-66.5901],"precision":"region","type":"arrest","also":["seizure","prosecution"],"title":"60 held in Puerto Rico school-zone sweep seizing marijuana","summary":"Puerto Rico police arrested at least 60 people on 4 August 2026 in Operación Espacio Seguro, a five-month investigation into drug sales near schools and parks across 25 municipalities. Officers seized 101 marijuana pieces and one pound of marijuana alongside cocaine, crack, fentanyl and heroin, while prosecutors filed 248 charges.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":60,"charged":95,"kg_seized":0.4536},"details":{"agency_types":["police","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":0.4536}],"activity":["trafficking"],"setting":["port","street"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.charged":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2]},"tags":["puerto-rico","espacio-seguro","schools"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The 101 marijuana pieces were reported only by count with no weight, so only the one-pound portion is converted to 0.4536 kg and the pieces are excluded from the cannabis weight.","Sources differ on totals: bail is reported as 8.8 million dollars in one account and 8,889,000 dollars in the other, and charges as 248 versus 248 plus one child-welfare charge; this report uses the 8.8 million and 248-charge figures from the opened capture and notes the variant.","One Puerto Rico outlet later reported 61 people arrested while the two cited accounts report 60 arrests with a minor apprehended, so this report records the shared minimum of 60 and treats the extra arrest as unconfirmed.","The number of arrestees linked specifically to the marijuana portion, their names, and any court outcome were not published, and the operation was still under way with more warrants pending.","4 August 2026 is both the operation day described as Tuesday and the publication date of both cited accounts, with no separate earlier incident time given.","Other seized substances and the nine vehicles are mentioned only to explain the mixed operation and are excluded from cannabis figures.","The EFE text gives 60 arrests while Primera Hora reports 61 in the same sweep, so the existing minimum of 60 is kept and the 61 remains that outlet's figure.","The 101 marijuana pieces are counted by number with no weight, so only the one-pound portion is converted to cannabis weight."],"sources":[{"title":"Unos 60 detenidos en Puerto Rico en un operativo contra puntos de droga cerca de escuelas","url":"https://www.diariolibre.com/usa/actualidad/2026/08/04/unos-60-detenidos-durante-operativo-contra-puntos-de-droga-en-pr/3619556","publisher":"Diario Libre","date":"2026-08-04","archived":null},{"title":"Policía de Puerto Rico lleva a cabo ofensiva contra puntos de drogas cerca de escuelas y parques","url":"https://www.victoria840.com/policia-de-puerto-rico-lleva-a-cabo-ofensiva-contra-puntos-de-drogas-cerca-de-escuelas-y-parques","publisher":"Victoria 840","date":"2026-08-04","archived":null},{"title":"Unos 60 detenidos en Puerto Rico en un operativo contra puntos de droga cerca de escuelas","url":"https://elnuevodiario.com.do/unos-60-detenidos-en-puerto-rico-en-un-operativo-contra-puntos-de-droga-cerca-de-escuelas/","publisher":"El Nuevo Diario (República Dominicana)","date":"2026-08-04","archived":null},{"title":"Arrestan a más de 60 personas en operativo en varios pueblos","url":"https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/policia-tribunales/notas/arrestan-a-mas-de-60-personas-en-operativo-en-varios-pueblos/","publisher":"Primera Hora","date":"2026-08-04","archived":null}]},{"id":"puerto-rico-carolina-31-pounds","code":"CET-71F9W9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/puerto-rico-carolina-31-pounds/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/71F9W9/","date":"2026-03-01","added_at":"2026-11-01T14:18:03.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"pr","country_name":"Puerto Rico","place":"PR-26 before exit 7, Carolina, Puerto Rico","coordinates":[18.3641,-65.9527],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"31 pounds of marijuana seized from a truck in Carolina","summary":"Puerto Rico police stopped a pickup truck on the PR-26 in Carolina on 1 March 2026 and found 31 pounds of marijuana, a pistol, 22 rounds and three suspected counterfeit $100 bills. Three men were arrested and the case was referred to a prosecutor.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":3,"kg_seized":14.0614},"details":{"agency_types":["police","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":14.0614}],"setting":["vehicle"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1,2,3],"details.case_stage":[1,3,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2,3],"details.products":[1,2,3],"details.setting":[1,3],"figures.arrested":[1,2,3],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2,3]},"tags":["carolina","puerto-rico","pr-26","traffic-stop","prpd"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/policia-tribunales/notas/ocupan-31-libras-de-marihuana-en-una-guagua-en-carolina/","media_url":"https://www.primerahora.com/resizer/v2/AJXBM4JZ35B2PDJJRIMI5LF6TM.jpg?auth=d02143663a818c5a63461d87db03b07d462aa983f5dbf5fe589aec6aff957a85&quality=75&width=800&smart=true","publisher":"Puerto Rico Police Bureau, via Primera Hora","caption":"The 31 pounds of marijuana and a firearm seized from a truck in Carolina, in a police photograph."},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://wapa.tv/noticias/locales/sorprenden-a-tres-hombres-con-31-libras-de-marihuana-en-auto-en-carolina/article_2fb69256-b0db-4bb0-ae25-4cca07cd8764.html","media_url":"https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/wapa.tv/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/fb/7fb6bc1f-8be6-4c6e-a489-3b1819785d43/69a7174c6e64b.image.jpg?resize=400%2C219","publisher":"Puerto Rico Police Bureau, via WAPA","caption":"The black Toyota Tacoma where police found the marijuana packages in Carolina."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"command-code/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The three men were not identified.","No charges had been filed when the reports were published; the case was referred to the prosecutor on duty.","The police did not say why they stopped the truck.","The seven pills were not identified.","No street value was published.","Primera Hora described the amount as \"over 30 pounds\" in one line and 31 pounds elsewhere; this report uses the 31-pound figure."],"sources":[{"title":"Ocupan 31 libras de marihuana en una guagua en Carolina","url":"https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/policia-tribunales/notas/ocupan-31-libras-de-marihuana-en-una-guagua-en-carolina/","publisher":"Primera Hora","date":"2026-03-03","archived":null},{"title":"Sorprenden a tres hombres con 31 libras de marihuana en auto en Carolina","url":"https://wapa.tv/noticias/locales/sorprenden-a-tres-hombres-con-31-libras-de-marihuana-en-auto-en-carolina/article_2fb69256-b0db-4bb0-ae25-4cca07cd8764.html","publisher":"WAPA","date":"2026-03-03","archived":null},{"title":"Caen tres en Carolina: ocupan armas, 31 libras de marihuana y dinero falso","url":"https://www.tunoticiapr.com/noticias-policiacas/188364492--Caen-tres-en-Carolina:-ocupan-armas,-31-libras-de-marihuana-y-dinero-falso-","publisher":"Tu Noticia PR","date":"2026-03-03","archived":null}]},{"id":"carolina-hydroponic-greenhouse-2000-plants","code":"CET-PHEJ00","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/carolina-hydroponic-greenhouse-2000-plants/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PHEJ00/","date":"2022-06-28","added_at":"2026-11-05T12:53:58.422008Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"pr","country_name":"Puerto Rico","place":"Sector Las Filipinas, barrio Carruzo, Carolina, Puerto Rico","coordinates":[18.4041,-65.9729],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["seizure","eradication"],"title":"Nearly 2,000 plants seized in Puerto Rico's largest hydroponic greenhouse","summary":"Puerto Rico police raided a former drug rehabilitation centre in barrio Carruzo, Carolina, on 28 June 2022 and found the island's largest hydroponic marijuana greenhouse, with about 2,000 mature plants, packed marijuana and ammunition. No one was inside and no arrests were made; police valued the drug at more than $943,800.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":535,"plants_destroyed":2000,"value":{"amount":943800,"currency":"USD"}},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":535},{"product":"plants","plants":2000}],"activity":["trafficking","cultivation"],"setting":["home"],"environment":["indoor","greenhouse"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.environment":[1],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1],"figures.value":[1,2]},"tags":["puerto-rico","carolina","hydroponic","greenhouse"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/puerto-rico/policia-ocupa-el-mayor-invernadero-de-marihuana-en-la-isla/2353521/","media_url":"https://www.telemundopr.com/video/destacados/ocupan-el-invernadero-de-marihuana-mas-grande-en-puerto-rico/2353627/","publisher":"Telemundo Puerto Rico","caption":"Telemundo Puerto Rico video report on the seizure, described as recorded at the grow house confiscated in barrio Carruzo, Carolina. Video: Telemundo Puerto Rico"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["Plant counts differ: Telemundo Puerto Rico reports about 2,000 plants of six feet each, while Inter News Service reports 390 plants together with 1,179 pounds (about 535 kg) of marijuana and 319 pounds ready to be packed.","Only Inter News Service gives a weight and a street value; it is unclear whether the 1,179 pounds includes the 319 pounds it describes as ready to be packed. The dollar figures are the authorities' market estimate.","No arrests, charges or court step are reported in either account; the commissioner said only that the investigation would continue.","The barrio is spelled Carruzo by Telemundo and Carruzos by Inter News Service.","Telemundo's still image and the Inter News Service attachment images could not be matched to a direct, captioned image address, so only the Telemundo video report is listed as media."],"sources":[{"title":"Policía ocupa el mayor invernadero de marihuana en la isla","url":"https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/puerto-rico/policia-ocupa-el-mayor-invernadero-de-marihuana-en-la-isla/2353521/","publisher":"Telemundo Puerto Rico","date":"2022-06-28","archived":null},{"title":"P. Rico-Agentes municipales de Carolina descubren el más grande invernadero de marihuana detectado en la isla","url":"https://internewsservice.com/2022/07/04/p-rico-agentes-municipales-de-carolina-descubren-el-mas-grande-invernadero-de-marihuana-detectado-en-la-isla/","publisher":"Inter News Service","date":"2022-07-04","archived":null}]},{"id":"aguadilla-44-plants-arrest-2021","code":"CET-4QMWST","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/aguadilla-44-plants-arrest-2021/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4QMWST/","date":"2021-04-10","added_at":"2026-11-05T05:19:16.205162Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:31:22.000Z","country":"pr","country_name":"Puerto Rico","place":"Calle Clave #26, Urb. Victoria, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico","coordinates":[18.4274,-67.1541],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["raid","seizure"],"title":"24-year-old arrested with 44 marijuana plants in Aguadilla","summary":"Police searched a home in Urb. Victoria, Aguadilla, arresting 24-year-old David A. Madera Dapena and seizing 44 marijuana plants, stem leaves and growing equipment. Prosecutor Silda Rubio ordered him held overnight for charges to be filed.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"plants_destroyed":44},"details":{"agency_types":["prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower"},{"product":"plants","plants":44}],"activity":["cultivation"],"setting":["home"],"case_stage":"investigation"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1]},"tags":["aguadilla","puerto-rico"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/puerto-rico/autoridades-incautan-44-plantas-de-marihuana-en-residencia-en-aguadilla/2200995/","media_url":"https://media.telemundopr.com/2021/04/Incautacion-de-Marihuana.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=850%2C478","publisher":"Telemundo Puerto Rico","caption":"Police photo of the seized 44 marijuana plants, stem leaves and growing equipment."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The article gives no separate date for the search and arrest; 10 April 2021 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.","No weight was published for the stem leaves and no count or value for the growing equipment, so no kilograms can be recorded.","No filed charges or court outcome were reported, only that the prosecutor ordered overnight detention for the filing of charges.","Only one accessible source for this event could be opened after searching in Spanish and English, so the account repeats the police version without independent corroboration."],"sources":[{"title":"Autoridades incautan 44 plantas de marihuana en residencia en Aguadilla","url":"https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/puerto-rico/autoridades-incautan-44-plantas-de-marihuana-en-residencia-en-aguadilla/2200995/","publisher":"Telemundo Puerto Rico","date":"2021-04-10","archived":null}]},{"id":"san-juan-puerto-nuevo-rio-piedras-8-arrests","code":"CET-BTKVDM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/san-juan-puerto-nuevo-rio-piedras-8-arrests/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/BTKVDM/","date":"2016-04-29","added_at":"2026-11-05T02:10:59.713427Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"pr","country_name":"Puerto Rico","place":"Puerto Nuevo and Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico","coordinates":[18.4655,-66.1057],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"8 arrested in San Juan sweep seizing 192 marijuana bags","summary":"San Juan Drugs Division officers arrested seven men and a woman in housing projects in Puerto Nuevo and Río Piedras, seizing 192 bags and 15 containers of marijuana alongside other drugs. The 29 April 2016 operation also recovered cocaine, heroin and crack in separate finds across several residenciales.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":8},"details":{"agency_types":["prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["possession"],"setting":["home"],"case_stage":"investigation"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1]},"tags":["puerto-rico","san-juan","puerto-nuevo"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No weight was published for the marijuana, only counts of bags and containers, so no kilograms can be recorded.","No charges, custody rulings or court outcomes were reported, apart from one case to be consulted with prosecutors over destruction of evidence.","Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Spanish and English, so the account repeats the police version without independent corroboration.","The article says the arrests occurred in the early hours of Friday and was published on Friday 29 April 2016, and 29 April 2016 is used as the incident date with no separate event time given.","Cocaine, heroin, crack, pills, cash, ammunition, firearms and scanner radios are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure and are excluded from cannabis figures."],"sources":[{"title":"Siete hombres y una mujer detenidos por posesión de drogas en Puerto Nuevo y Río Piedras","url":"https://www.univision.com/local/puerto-rico-wste/siete-hombres-y-una-mujer-detenidos-por-posesion-de-drogas-en-puerto-nuevo-y-rio-piedras","publisher":"Univision Puerto Rico","date":"2016-04-29","archived":null}]},{"id":"bayamon-jardines-de-caparra-30-plants-2015","code":"CET-T74VAD","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bayamon-jardines-de-caparra-30-plants-2015/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/T74VAD/","date":"2015-02-23","added_at":"2026-11-05T14:18:08.696377Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"pr","country_name":"Puerto Rico","place":"Residencia AC 43, urbanización Jardines de Caparra, Bayamón, Puerto Rico","coordinates":[18.3903,-66.1562],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Two arrested as 30 marijuana plants seized at Bayamón home","summary":"Bayamón Drugs Division officers searched residence AC 43 in urbanización Jardines de Caparra and seized about 30 marijuana plants and $1,072 in cash. José Melvin Hernández Sánchez, 38, was arrested and held on $30,000 bail; Damaris Sánchez Colón, 37, was arrested but not charged.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"plants_destroyed":30,"value":{"amount":1072,"currency":"USD"}},"details":{"agency_types":["police","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower"},{"product":"plants","plants":30}],"activity":["cultivation"],"setting":["home","prison"],"case_stage":"investigation"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1],"figures.value":[1]},"tags":["puerto-rico","bayamon","marijuana-plants","allanamiento","jardines-de-caparra"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The article does not give a calendar date for the search, saying only that it happened at about 5:00 p.m. \"yesterday\"; 23 February 2015 is taken from the 24 February publication date.","The article says the warrant was issued \"el 8 de octubre pasado\" without naming the year; the most likely reading is 8 October 2014.","No weight for the marijuana or the number of plants per accused was published, only about 30 plants.","No charges, court date or outcome for Hernández Sánchez were reported beyond the bail ruling and his admission to the Bayamón regional jail.","Only one account of the event, a CyberNews wire copy, could be found; no separate police statement or second outlet was located."],"sources":[{"title":"Arrestos tras incautación de plantas de marihuana en Bayamón","url":"https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/telenoticias/arrestos-tras-incautacion-de-plantas-de-marihuana-en-bayamon/94976/","publisher":"Telemundo Puerto Rico","date":"2015-02-24","archived":null}]},{"id":"cabo-rojo-an-nur-3591lb-seizure-2014","code":"CET-QKSFMW","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cabo-rojo-an-nur-3591lb-seizure-2014/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QKSFMW/","date":"2014-07-08","added_at":"2026-11-05T05:22:10.408413Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"pr","country_name":"Puerto Rico","place":"Caribbean Sea, 200 nautical miles southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico","coordinates":[18.0866,-67.1457],"precision":"district","type":"seizure","also":["arrest","prosecution"],"title":"5 Guyanese held as 3,591 lb of marijuana seized off Cabo Rojo","summary":"The Coast Guard cutter Northland stopped the 68-foot vessel An-Nur about 200 nautical miles southwest of Cabo Rojo on 8 July 2014, seizing 3,591 pounds of marijuana and detaining its five Guyanese crew. The men were handed to federal authorities in Ponce and charged with conspiracy aboard a United States-jurisdiction vessel, facing 10 years to life.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":5,"charged":5,"kg_seized":1628.85,"value":{"amount":3500000,"currency":"USD"}},"details":{"agency_types":["customs","coast-guard","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":1628.85}],"activity":["trafficking"],"setting":["prison"],"case_stage":"charged","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,3,2],"details.case_stage":[2,1],"details.date_precision":[2,1],"details.products":[1,2,3],"details.setting":[1,3,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2],"figures.charged":[1,2],"figures.kg_seized":[1,3,2],"figures.value":[1,3,2]},"tags":["cabo-rojo","caribbean","maritime","guyana"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The Telemundo page carries a 4 March 2015 publication date and April 2015 update, but describes 8 and 17 July enforcement corroborated as July 2014 by the July 2014 CBS Miami and Fox reports; 8 July 2014 is used as the incident date.","The exact interdiction day versus the Ponce handover is not fully separated: Telemundo says the men were handed to federal authorities in Ponce on 8 July, while the July 2014 account says the vessel was stopped the prior week.","Weight is given as more than 3,500 pounds in two accounts and precisely as 3,591 pounds (1,630 kilograms) in a third; the report uses the precise count and converts it to kilograms.","The fifth detainee is spelled Owen K. Brakes by Telemundo and Owen K. Drakes in the Fox/AP account, and the vessel is spelled An-Nur versus An Nurl.","No trial outcome, sentence or later custody status was reported in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Incautan casi dos toneladas de marihuana","url":"https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/telenoticias/incautan-casi-dos-toneladas-de-marihuana/1926686/","publisher":"Telemundo Puerto Rico","date":"2015-03-04","archived":null},{"title":"Alleged Pot Smugglers Caught With 3,500 Pounds Of Drugs","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/3500-pounds-of-marijuana-seized-near-puerto-rico/","publisher":"CBS Miami","date":"2014-07-21","archived":null},{"title":"US authorities seize haul of marijuana on Guyana-flagged cargo ship in Caribbean Sea","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-authorities-seize-haul-of-marijuana-on-guyana-flagged-cargo-ship-in-caribbean-sea","publisher":"Fox News","date":"2014-07-21","archived":null}]},{"id":"operation-conquistador-362-tonnes-2000","code":"CET-THGYPB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/operation-conquistador-362-tonnes-2000/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/THGYPB/","date":"2000-03-26","added_at":"2026-11-11T17:22:24.299Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"pr","country_name":"Puerto Rico","place":"San Juan, Puerto Rico (command centre of a 26-country sweep)","coordinates":[18.4655,-66.1057],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Operation Conquistador seizes 362.5 tonnes of cannabis in 26-country sweep","summary":"A 17-day operation across the Caribbean and Latin America ended on 26 March 2000 with 362.5 metric tons of marijuana seized and 2,331 arrests, the DEA announced. Run from San Juan, it joined counter-drug agencies from 26 countries against trafficking organizations.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2331,"kg_seized":362500},"details":{"agencies":["us-dea"],"agency_types":["anti-narcotics","coast-guard"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":362500}],"activity":["trafficking"],"period":{"start":"2000-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","end":"2000-03-26T00:00:00.000Z"},"date_precision":"exact","region":"Caribbean"},"data_sources":{"figures.kg_seized":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"details.agencies":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.products":[1],"details.activity":[1,2],"details.period":[2]},"tags":["dea","operation-conquistador","caribbean"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["CNN reported 25 participating nations while the Senate hearing record lists 26 countries; this report uses the hearing's figure and country list.","The 2,331 arrests cover the whole multi-drug sweep, so a cannabis-only arrest count is not known.","No breakdown of the seized cannabis by country was published in the opened sources.","Seizure and arrest totals rest on the DEA announcement as reported by CNN; the hearing record confirms the operation's dates and scope but not its totals."],"sources":[{"title":"Multination drug sweep nets 2,331 arrests","url":"https://LatinAmericanStudies.org/drugs/sweep.htm","publisher":"CNN (via LatinAmericanStudies.org)","date":"2000-03-29","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20221005111908/http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/drugs/sweep.htm"},{"title":"Caribbean Drug Trafficking: Return of the Caribbean Connection","url":"https://archive.org/stream/gov.gpo.fdsys.CHRG-106shrg73139/CHRG-106shrg73139_djvu.txt","publisher":"U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary","date":"2000-05-09","archived":null}]}]}