🇳🇮 Nicaragua
RSS17 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 105
- Plants destroyed
- 18.4K
- Cannabis seized
- 2.62903 t
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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- At risk
- Secure
- Held in a genebank
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- No seed lot recorded
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- Eradication · 3
- Seizure · 9
- Arrest · 5
Reports
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Army seizes nearly 2 kg of marijuana on Rio Coco; one detained
Nicaraguan Army troops detained a 22-year-old passenger on the Rio Coco in Ayapal, Jinotega, during a river control operation. They seized five bags of marijuana weighing 1,975.3 grams from a plastic bucket he carried.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.9753 kg
1.9 tonnes of cannabis found in a truck at El Guasaule
On 27 October 2026, Nicaraguan police at El Guasaule found 608 packages with 1,907 kg of cannabis hidden in a Mexico-to-Costa Rica truck. They arrested Guatemalan driver Fredy Bladimiro Recinos Vargas, 52, and seized the tractor and trailer.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.907 t
Nicaragua navy seized 359 kg of marijuana in year to July 2026
Nicaragua's Naval Force seized 359 kg of marijuana and 351 kg of cocaine between August 2025 and July 2026, part of a 710 kg drug total reported for its 46th anniversary. The report named no detainee figure for the seizures.
Cannabis 359 kg
Six held with 117 marijuana packs in Laguna de Perlas
Nicaragua's Caribbean naval district detained six men near Tasbapaunie, Laguna de Perlas, seizing 18 sacks holding 117 packs of marijuana weighing 271.2 kg. The detainees, a panga boat, an outboard motor, a motorcycle and fuel barrels were handed to the authorities for drug-trafficking proceedings.
Arrested 6Cannabis 271.204 kg
Two held with 5 lb of marijuana on Jalapa–Estelí bus in Nueva Segovia
Police stopped a Jalapa–Estelí bus at the kilometre 231 checkpoint in Mozonte, Nueva Segovia, and detained two passengers carrying five pounds (about 2.27 kg) of marijuana. The pair, who police said had prior drug-trafficking records, were handed over with the seized packages for prosecution.
Arrested 2Cannabis 2.27 kgSix suppliers held as 2 lb of marijuana seized in Managua
Police detained six alleged drug suppliers in a wider Managua anti-crime sweep covering 5–11 January 2026, seizing 2 pounds (about 0.907 kg) of marijuana. Police listed the marijuana with 130 grams of cocaine, 72 grams of crack and cash, and spokeswoman Karen Obando presented the results as continuing work to protect people, families and communities.
Arrested 6Cannabis 907 g
20252 reports
6,250 cannabis plants burned in Wiwilí and one caretaker detained
On 20 August 2025 Nicaragua’s army seized and burned 6,250 marijuana plants in La Campana, Wamblán, Wiwilí, Jinotega, and detained Bismark Antonio Díaz González, 32, who it said tended the plot, handing him to the authorities.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 6,250
Eight held as 13 lb of marijuana seized across Nicaragua
Nicaraguan National Police detained eight people accused of drug supply in its weekly roundup for 10 to 16 March 2025, seizing 13 pounds plus 207 grams (about 6.10 kg) of marijuana in Managua, Jinotega and Puerto Cabezas (Bilwi). The marijuana was listed with cocaine, crack and other evidence, which are excluded from the cannabis figures.
Arrested 8Cannabis 6.104 kg
20242 reports
54 lb of marijuana seized from 11 suspects in weekly roundup
Nicaragua's National Police detained 11 people with 54 pounds of marijuana in Managua, Kukra Hill, Jinotega and Quilalí during operations from 30 September to 6 October 2024. The cannabis seizures were part of a week-long roundup in which 29 people were held for homicide, robbery and drug trafficking.
Arrested 11Cannabis 24.49 kg
Army seizes 33 marijuana packages abandoned by fleeing couriers in Jalapa
Nicaragua's Army seized a white sack holding 33 packages of marijuana in Santa Rosa, Jalapa, after two people who entered from Honduras by motorcycle fled and abandoned it. The drug was handed to the corresponding authorities and no arrests were reported.
20234 reports
616 marijuana plants seized in Naranjal, Prinzapolka; caretaker held
Nicaragua's Batallón Ecológico Bosawas seized 616 marijuana plants in the community of Naranjal, Prinzapolka, on 9 October 2023, alongside 1.5 pounds of processed marijuana and six ounces of seeds. Soldiers detained Osmar Úbeda Zelaya, 30, whom the army described as the plot's caretaker, and handed him and the drugs to the authorities.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 616Cannabis 680 g
3,500 cannabis plants burned in Caño Negro, Wiwilí; caretaker held
On 16 September 2023 Nicaragua's army seized and burned 3,500 marijuana plants sown among maize in Caño Negro, Wiwilí, Jinotega, and detained Cristian de Jesús Poveda Tinoco, 33, who it said tended the plot, handing him to the authorities for prosecution.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 3,5008,000 marijuana plants burned in Pauniwás, Wiwilí; two caretakers held
Nicaragua's army seized and burned 8,000 two-metre marijuana plants sown among maize in Pauniwás, Wiwilí, Jinotega, on 6 September 2023, detaining two men who it said tended the plot. Both were handed to the authorities for prosecution.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 8,000
80 lb of marijuana seized from 10 suspects in week-long police roundup
Police in Nicaragua seized 80 pounds of marijuana and detained 10 alleged suppliers in six departments during operations from 6 to 12 February 2023. The marijuana was taken in separate cases in Matagalpa, Jinotega, Nueva Segovia, Esteli, Managua and Leon, alongside cocaine seizures not counted here.
Arrested 10Cannabis 36.29 kg
20221 report
Two suppliers held in Managua; 40.6 g of marijuana found on one
Nicaragua's National Police arrested two alleged drug suppliers in District I of Managua on 1 and 2 June 2022, one on a street in Reparto Los Robles and one at his home in Jocote Dulce. The cannabis in the two cases was 40.6 grams found on Julio César González Hernández, alongside cocaine and crack; the two men and the evidence were handed to the authorities.
Arrested 2Cannabis 40.6 g
20201 report
Nicaragua army detains man with 1.38 kg of marijuana at El Guineo border crossing
Nicaraguan Army troops detained a man from Honduras and seized three packages holding 1,377 grams of marijuana, plus a motorcycle and a phone, at the unauthorized El Guineo crossing near Teotecacinte, Jalapa, Nueva Segovia, on 14 July 2020. The detainee and the seized items were handed to the corresponding authorities, and no charge was reported.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.377 kg
20191 report
52 held in Nicaragua sweep; 39 pounds of marijuana seized
Nicaragua's National Police presented 52 arrests for high-danger crimes from 10 to 16 June 2019, including 11 alleged drug suppliers. Across the arrests police reported 39 pounds (about 17.7 kg) of marijuana and 20 firearms, and named suppliers held in Managua, Matagalpa and San José de Bocay.
Arrested 52Cannabis 17.69 kg
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