<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Nicaragua: Cannabis Enforcement Tracker</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/ni/</link><description>New reports of cannabis enforcement in Nicaragua.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Army seizes nearly 2 kg of marijuana on Rio Coco; one detained</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/rio-coco-ayapal-2kg-marijuana-seizure-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/rio-coco-ayapal-2kg-marijuana-seizure-2026/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Nicaragua, 2026-11-10. 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.</description></item><item><title>1.9 tonnes of cannabis found in a truck at El Guasaule</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guasaule-1907kg-truck-seizure/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guasaule-1907kg-truck-seizure/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Nicaragua, 2026-10-27. 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.</description></item><item><title>Nicaragua navy seized 359 kg of marijuana in year to July 2026</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nicaragua-navy-359kg-marijuana-2025-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nicaragua-navy-359kg-marijuana-2025-2026/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Nicaragua, 2026-08-18. 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.</description></item><item><title>Six held with 117 marijuana packs in Laguna de Perlas</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/laguna-de-perlas-117-packs-six-held/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/laguna-de-perlas-117-packs-six-held/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Nicaragua, 2026-06-21. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two held with 5 lb of marijuana on Jalapa–Estelí bus in Nueva Segovia</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mozonte-5lb-bus-arrest/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mozonte-5lb-bus-arrest/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Nicaragua, 2026-01-29. 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.</description></item><item><title>Six suppliers held as 2 lb of marijuana seized in Managua</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/managua-six-suppliers-2lb-marijuana-2026/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/managua-six-suppliers-2lb-marijuana-2026/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Nicaragua, 2026-01-11. 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.</description></item><item><title>6,250 cannabis plants burned in Wiwilí and one caretaker detained</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/wiwili-la-campana-6250-plants/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/wiwili-la-campana-6250-plants/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Nicaragua, 2025-08-20. 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.</description></item><item><title>Eight held as 13 lb of marijuana seized across Nicaragua</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nicaragua-eight-suppliers-13lb-marijuana-2025/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nicaragua-eight-suppliers-13lb-marijuana-2025/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Nicaragua, 2025-03-16. 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.</description></item><item><title>54 lb of marijuana seized from 11 suspects in weekly roundup</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nicaragua-weekly-54lb-marijuana-seizures-2024/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nicaragua-weekly-54lb-marijuana-seizures-2024/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Nicaragua, 2024-10-06. 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.</description></item><item><title>Army seizes 33 marijuana packages abandoned by fleeing couriers in Jalapa</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jalapa-santa-rosa-33-marijuana-packages/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jalapa-santa-rosa-33-marijuana-packages/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Nicaragua, 2024-01-14. 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.</description></item><item><title>616 marijuana plants seized in Naranjal, Prinzapolka; caretaker held</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/prinzapolka-naranjal-616-plants/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/prinzapolka-naranjal-616-plants/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Nicaragua, 2023-10-09. 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.</description></item><item><title>3,500 cannabis plants burned in Caño Negro, Wiwilí; caretaker held</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/wiwili-cano-negro-3500-plants/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/wiwili-cano-negro-3500-plants/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Nicaragua, 2023-09-16. 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.</description></item><item><title>8,000 marijuana plants burned in Pauniwás, Wiwilí; two caretakers held</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pauniwas-wiwili-8000-plants-2023/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/pauniwas-wiwili-8000-plants-2023/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Nicaragua, 2023-09-06. 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.</description></item><item><title>80 lb of marijuana seized from 10 suspects in week-long police roundup</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nicaragua-weekly-80lb-marijuana-seizures-2023/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nicaragua-weekly-80lb-marijuana-seizures-2023/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Nicaragua, 2023-02-12. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two suppliers held in Managua; 40.6 g of marijuana found on one</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/managua-district-one-two-suppliers-2022/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/managua-district-one-two-suppliers-2022/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Nicaragua, 2022-06-01. 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.</description></item><item><title>Nicaragua army detains man with 1.38 kg of marijuana at El Guineo border crossing</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jalapa-el-guineo-marijuana-seizure-2020/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jalapa-el-guineo-marijuana-seizure-2020/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Nicaragua, 2020-07-14. 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.</description></item><item><title>52 held in Nicaragua sweep; 39 pounds of marijuana seized</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/managua-52-arrests-39lb-marijuana-2019/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/managua-52-arrests-39lb-marijuana-2019/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Nicaragua, 2019-06-17. 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.</description></item></channel></rss>