Three held in Acapulco checkpoint operations; 33 bags of marijuana
State and federal forces detained three men in separate security operations in the Nuevo Puerto Marqués, Plan de los Amates and Moctezuma neighbourhoods of Acapulco on 13 November 2026. Officers seized 33 small bags of suspected marijuana, 27 doses of a substance called cristal and a motorcycle.
🇲🇽 Nuevo Puerto Marqués, Plan de los Amates and Moctezuma, Acapulco, Guerrero · Mexico
State and federal forces detained three men in separate security operations in
Acapulco, Guerrero, on 13 November 2026.[1]The detentions were carried out by
the Army, the Navy, the National Guard, the state police and the state
prosecutor’s office.[1]
In the Nuevo Puerto Marqués neighbourhood officers detained a man and seized
eight small bags of marijuana and four doses of a drug known as cristal.[1]In
the Plan de los Amates neighbourhood the forces detained another person and
seized three doses of cristal, one bag of marijuana and a motorcycle linked to a
probable crime.[1]In a third detention, in the Moctezuma neighbourhood, a
person was detained and 24 small bags of marijuana and 20 doses of cristal were
seized.[1]In total officers seized 33 small bags of marijuana, 27 doses of
cristal and one motorcycle.[1]
The participating forces also included the federal Secretariat of Security and
Citizen Protection.[2]Those detained are presumed innocent until a court
establishes their responsibility.[2]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report on the three detentions and seizures in Nuevo Puerto Marqués, Plan de los Amates and Moctezuma, Acapulco.Photo details
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