🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
RSS9 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 2,412
- Plants destroyed
- 2,074
- Cannabis seized
- 364.678 t
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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Reports
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20263 reports
Two men arrested in Humacao police operation; 17 bags of marijuana seized

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.
Arrested 2Cash confiscated USD 67
60 held in Puerto Rico school-zone sweep seizing marijuana
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.
Arrested 60Charged 95Cannabis 453.6 g
31 pounds of marijuana seized from a truck in Carolina

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.
Arrested 3Cannabis 14.0614 kg
20221 report
Nearly 2,000 plants seized in Puerto Rico's largest hydroponic greenhouse
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.
Plants destroyed 2,000Cannabis 535 kg
20211 report
24-year-old arrested with 44 marijuana plants in Aguadilla

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.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 44
20161 report
8 arrested in San Juan sweep seizing 192 marijuana bags
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.
Arrested 8
20151 report
Two arrested as 30 marijuana plants seized at Bayamón home
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.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 30
20141 report
5 Guyanese held as 3,591 lb of marijuana seized off Cabo Rojo
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.
Arrested 5Charged 5Cannabis 1.62885 t
20001 report
Operation Conquistador seizes 362.5 tonnes of cannabis in 26-country sweep
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.
Arrested 2,331Cannabis 362.5 t
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