San Salvador court gives eight years for 188.2 grams of marijuana
The Fifth Sentencing Court of San Salvador sentenced Daniel Eduardo Ramírez Carbajal, 24, to eight years for possession of marijuana for trafficking. Soldiers found 188.2 grams in his vehicle in Apopa on the night of 8 December 2025.
🇸🇻 Reparto de Apopa, San Salvador Oeste · El Salvador
The Fifth Sentencing Court of San Salvador sentenced Daniel Eduardo Ramírez Carbajal, 24, to eight
years in prison for possession and holding of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, an offence
against public health.[1]La Noticia SV reported the sentence on 6 October 2026.[1]
The court said the events were on the night of 8 December 2025, on the main Las Palmas street in
the Reparto de Apopa neighbourhood, San Salvador Oeste.[1]Soldiers on patrol saw him in a
vehicle and found drugs on the passenger side, then called the police.[1]Officers seized seven
medium portions of plant material.[1]An expert examination found 188.2 grams of marijuana,
valued at 664.34 dollars on the illicit market, enough for about 376.4 cigarettes.[1]An
extraction from his phone found messages using language associated with drug dealing and
photographs linked to drugs.[1]On that evidence the court imposed the eight-year term.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
188.2 g
Prison
8 years
Value (official estimate)
USD 664.3
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (188.2 g)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Prison
Sources
La Noticia SVlanoticiasv.comESCondenan a ocho años de prisión a joven por posesión de marihuana con fines de tráfico
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Arrested 1Cannabis 220.5 gPrison 7 years of internment
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