🇺🇾 Uruguay
RSS33 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 797
- Plants destroyed
- 2,653
- Cannabis seized
- 10.3316 t
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Reports
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Maldonado police seize 30 kg of marijuana in 90 raids
Maldonado police reported 90 anti-drug raids leading to 104 people charged or convicted and 47 drug sale points dismantled. The operations seized 30 kilograms of marijuana along with cocaine, vehicles, firearms and cash.
Charged 104Cannabis 30 kgSites 47Vehicles confiscated 50
Police seize 355 cannabis plants in six Rivera raids
On 9 September 2026 police searched six places in Rivera and a rural part of the department, arrested three people, and seized 355 cannabis plants and 4.732 kg of plant material.
Arrested 3Cannabis 4.732 kg
2.3 kg of marijuana seized in a drugs haul at Montevideo's Comcar prison
Police found 2.320 kilos of marijuana and other drugs, phones and routers near a module of Unit 4 of Uruguay's national rehabilitation institute, the former Comcar prison, in Montevideo on 23 August 2026. The Ministry of the Interior valued the combined haul at about US$330,000, and the case moved to a narcotics prosecutor investigating collusion by prison staff, soldiers and prisoners.
Cannabis 2.32 kgThree Uruguayans sentenced over marijuana exports with Brazil's PCC
On 17 August 2026 prosecutors said three Uruguayan men had been sentenced, the longest term four years and four months, for exporting marijuana to Brazil with the Primeiro Comando da Capital. The cases followed five raids on 14 August. A fourth man was held until February 2027.
Arrested 4Charged 3
Three sentenced over a cannabis-bud production circuit in Canelones and Montevideo
A court in Minas sentenced two men and a woman for producing and supplying cannabis buds from sites in Parque del Plata, Canelones, and La Unión, Montevideo. One man received three years in a rehabilitation centre; the other two received two years in prison.
Charged 3Chuy court jails a 19-year-old Brazilian for two years over 2.966 kg
PADO officers stopped a 19-year-old Brazilian man at the Chuy bus terminal with 2.966 kg of cannabis in a backpack. A Chuy court, in a shortened hearing, sentenced him to two years in prison and ordered his expulsion after the term.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 2.966 kgPrison 2 years
7.5 kg of marijuana and 3 pistols seized in Operation Jacobo raid in Maldonado Nuevo
Anti-drug police raided a drug storage and processing residence in Maldonado Nuevo on 21 May 2026 under Operation Jacobo, seizing 7.5 kilograms of marijuana alongside 4.5 kilograms of cocaine. Officers also confiscated three modified Glock pistols, more than 550 rounds of ammunition and 140,000 Uruguayan pesos as prosecutors investigated the Maldonado and San Carlos network.
Cannabis 7.5 kgSites 1Cash confiscated UYU 140,000Three Rivera raids find cannabis and cash; six convicted, two of them teenagers
Police searched three homes at once in Rivera's barrio Lavalleja, seized 237 packets of a yellowish substance shown alongside marijuana in the police photos, 120 packets of pasta base, cash and phones, and detained six people including two teenagers. A court then convicted three adults on drug-supply charges and imposed 16 months of closed detention on the two adolescents.
Arrested 6Convicted 3Sentenced 5Cash confiscated UYU 4,820
Operation Midas nets 4.4 tonnes of cannabis and hashish sentences in Uruguay
Uruguayan police raided a hashish laboratory in Juan Soler and three Canelones sites on 7 December 2025, seizing 4,433.65 kg of cannabis and 46.52 kg of hashish; four detainees received abbreviated sentences up to three years in prison on 9 December.
Arrested 4Cannabis 4.43365 tPrison 3 years
Three Brazilians jailed five years over Palermo hashish and La Paloma seizure
Three Brazilian citizens were sentenced to five years in prison for belonging to a criminal organisation after a Rocha marijuana seizure and a Palermo, Montevideo, search found 132.31 kg of hashish. The ministry put the total from both operations at 482 kg of drugs.
Arrested 3Charged 3Cannabis 482.31 kgPrison 5 years
Three jailed after Montevideo raids find two marijuana labs in Operation Valldemosa
Police from Canelones and Montevideo raided three properties in the Conciliación neighbourhood under Operation Valldemosa, detaining six men and dismantling two marijuana processing laboratories. Three of the men were convicted of supplying narcotics and sentenced to prison terms ranging from two years and ten months to three years and eight months.
Arrested 6Charged 3Convicted 3Sentenced 3Couple jailed 3 years over 2.8 kg of marijuana in Rivera border operation
A court sentenced a 25-year-old Brazilian and a 27-year-old Uruguayan to three years in prison for supplying drugs after Operation Mapuche stopped them entering Rivera from Santana do Livramento on 20 May 2025. Officers seized 997 g of marijuana from the couple and Brazilian police found another 1.816 kg at a storage site.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 2.813 kgPrison 3 years
Three sentenced after tusi-kitchen raid in Montevideo, 56 g of marijuana seized
Montevideo police searched homes in Conciliación and Paso Molino during Operation Damasco, arrested three people and found a tusi kitchen, seizing 56 grams of marijuana among the synthetic drugs. An organised-crime judge then convicted one of the three for production and dealing and gave the other two two years and two months each for supply.
Arrested 3Charged 3Cannabis 56 gPrison 2 years and 2 monthsFour convicted in Durazno after 25 kg of marijuana seized in Operation Relámpago
Durazno's anti-drug brigade intercepted a car and raided four addresses in Operation Relámpago, seizing 51 bricks of marijuana weighing 25 kg, a revolver, cash, phones and a car. Four of five people detained were convicted, three to four years in prison and one to three years and a month, and a woman was released.
Arrested 5Charged 4Convicted 4Sentenced 4
13 detained after 63 kg of hashish seized in Uruguay
Operation Fortuna intercepted 11 postal shipments and seized about 63 kg of hashish sent from the United States, then police detained 13 people in raids across Montevideo, Canelones and Rocha. A court formalized proceedings against 12 detainees and ordered 120 days of preventive detention, while the remaining detainee was released.
Arrested 13Charged 12Cannabis 63 kg
Two convicted after 42 kilos of marijuana seized at the Aceguá border
Cerro Largo police, tipped off by Brazil's Civil Police, seized 42.067 kilos of marijuana buds from a sheet-metal shelter near the Aceguá border on 29 January 2025. Raids in Melo days later led to two convictions, with prison terms of two years and six months and three years for supplying narcotics.
Arrested 2Sentenced 2Cannabis 42.067 kgPrison 2 years 6 months, and 3 years
20245 reports
Uruguay: 1.5 tonnes of cannabis seized from licensed hemp company; three convicted
Police in Colonia department raided three branches of a licensed hemp company and seized about 1,484 kg of cannabis material and 250 kg of seeds, detaining three people. A court in Rosario then convicted the two men of supplying narcotics, with prison terms of two years and ten months and two years, and the woman of aggravated concealment, with 12 months on probation.
Arrested 3Convicted 3Sentenced 3Cannabis 1.484 t
Three convicted after 212 cannabis plants found at Río Branco lab; 14.6 kg seized
Customs officers tried to stop two vehicles in Río Branco, Cerro Largo, and found 10.460 kilos of marijuana buds in one abandoned car; a raid on a farm in Isidoro Noblía turned up a clandestine grow with 212 plants and 4.178 kilos more. Three men were afterward convicted, two to two years and four months in prison and one to 20 months of probationary liberty.
Arrested 3Charged 3Sentenced 3Plants destroyed 212Three arrested with 209 sacks of marijuana at a Salto route junction
Salto police arrested three men from Río Branco after stopping a Chevrolet Corsa carrying 209 sacks of plant material, presumed to be marijuana, at the junction of Rutas 4 and 31. Two of the men fled across a private property and were caught on foot five kilometres away; the load was sent to the prosecutor's office for weighing and testing.
Arrested 3
Two Paraguayans jailed over 139 kg of pressed marijuana at Rivera border checkpoint
Rivera police stopped a Paraguayan-registered pickup at the Manuel Díaz crossing between Rivera and Tacuarembó on 21 January 2024 and found 139 kilograms of pressed marijuana hidden in the vehicle. The two Paraguayan occupants, aged 33 and 51, were convicted and sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
Arrested 2Charged 2Convicted 2Sentenced 2Man, 28, sentenced over 28-plant cannabis plantation in Artigas
A court in Bella Unión convicted a 28-year-old man after IRCCA inspectors found an unlicensed cannabis plantation and harvest at his property on Ruta 30, Artigas department, and police then seized 28 plants. He received 24 months for a preparatory trafficking act and a firearms offence, with three months to be served in prison and the rest under probation.
Arrested 1Charged 1Sentenced 1Plants destroyed 28
20232 reports
65 cannabis plants and 34 kg seized in Punta Negra raid; four charged
Maldonado's anti-drug brigade raided a property in the Punta Negra resort and seized 65 marijuana plants, 34 kg of buds and 600 g of hashish, detaining five people. The four men were formalised for drug trafficking, with one also charged over firearms, and all four were placed under total house arrest for 60 days.
Arrested 5Charged 4Plants destroyed 65Cannabis 34.6 kg
Five held as Uruguay raids seize 21.5 kg of marijuana and 2,000 ecstasy pills
Police raids in Montevideo, Canelones and Rivera under Operation Arquímedes seized more than 21.5 kilograms of marijuana and 2,000 ecstasy pills, along with cocaine, 17,500 pesos and ammunition. Four men and one woman were detained and placed at the disposal of the second-turn drug prosecutor's office.
Arrested 5Cannabis 21.5 kgCash confiscated UYU 17,500
20221 report
Paraguayan couple held with 214 kg of marijuana in Rivera, then sentenced
Police in Rivera stopped a Paraguayan-registered pickup at the Curticeiras checkpoint and found 214.68 kilograms of marijuana hidden in its bodywork, detaining a 35-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman. A day later the Rivera courts sentenced the man to three years in prison and the woman to 12 months.
Arrested 2Charged 2Convicted 2Sentenced 2
Maldonado police seize 109 plants and over 15 kilos in a house; man convicted
Police in Maldonado seized more than 15 kilos of marijuana and 109 plants from a house in the Maldonado Nuevo neighbourhood that had a video surveillance system and an area fitted out for growing the drug. A 26-year-old man was convicted in the case.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 109Cannabis 15 kg
Uruguay seizes record 1.5 tonnes of marijuana in Rivera operation
Rivera police seized more than 1,500 kilograms of Paraguayan marijuana entering over land from Brazil in mid-November 2021, the largest seizure in Uruguay's history. Officers intercepted three vehicles under Operation Ryguasu after an investigation running since September.
Cannabis 1.5 t
Rivera seizures net 138 kg of marijuana; four sentenced, six detained
Uruguayan police and customs officers seized 138 kilograms of marijuana in three procedures around Rivera in late September and October 2021, two of them at the Curticeiras border post with Brazil. Four people were sentenced in the case, with prison terms of up to three years, and six were detained in all, including a prisoner whose home was searched.
Arrested 6Sentenced 4Cannabis 138 kgPrison 3 years; 2 years 8 months; 2 years; 24 months supervised release
746 cannabis plants seized on three properties near Aiguá; five held
Maldonado's anti-drug brigade searched three rural properties at Paraje La Coronilla near Aiguá and seized 746 marijuana plants, 3.24 kg of buds and 8.431 kg of drying plants valued by the ministry at 1.1 million pesos. Four people were detained at the properties and a fifth in San Carlos; three were charged with drug production and two were held in preventive detention.
Arrested 5Charged 3Plants destroyed 746
20202 reports
Three held and 70 cannabis plants seized in four raids at Villa Arejo, Canelones
Canelones police carried out four raids at Villa Villarejo, known as Villa Arejo, on 30 November 2020 and detained three people, including the man they called the suspected head of the group. Officers found more than 70 marijuana plants in three greenhouses and seized a pistol, a sawn-off shotgun and 9,000 pesos in cash.
Arrested 3Plants destroyed 70
1.1 tonnes of marijuana seized on a Paysandú estate; three held, two sentenced
Uruguay's Anti-Drug Brigade raided a rural estate in northern Paysandú department in September 2020 and seized 1,103.2 kg of marijuana, along with 40 kg of cannabis seeds and two pickups. A 28-year-old man was jailed for 2 years and 10 months, a 32-year-old woman received 20 months under supervised release, and a 40-year-old man was freed.
Arrested 3Charged 2Sentenced 2Cannabis 1.104268 t
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