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🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

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9 reports of cannabis enforcement.

People arrested
2,412
Plants destroyed
2,074
Cannabis seized
364.678 t

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20263 reports

    • Arrest🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

      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

20221 report

    • Raid🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

      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

20161 report

    • Arrest🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

      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

    • Raid🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

      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

    • Seizure🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

      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

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