Raids in Barahona seize 10 g of suspected marijuana, 5 handguns
Police and prosecutors searched homes in Barahona and Vicente Noble and seized about 10 grams of suspected marijuana alongside handmade guns, cleren and other goods. No detentions were reported in the account of the raids.
🇩🇴 Barahona and Vicente Noble, Barahona Province · Dominican Republic
The National Police, in coordination with the Public Prosecutor’s Office,
carried out several searches and operations in homes in different sectors of
Barahona and the municipality of Vicente Noble.[1]Agents from the
Investigations and Preventive Police departments and the Rapid Action Unit took
part alongside representatives of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.[1]The
account reported no detentions and gave no details about any people linked to
the seized objects.[1]
Officers seized five hand-made firearms known locally as chilenas, four 9 mm
cartridges, several capsules of the same calibre and five communication radios.[1]They also seized approximately 10 grams of a green plant material presumed
to be marijuana.[1]Authorities also confiscated 29 bottles of allegedly
adulterated alcohol known as clerén, a set of handcuffs and 18 packs of
contraband cigarettes, among other items.[1]
Police said the operations are part of preventive and crime-prosecution actions
in the Enriquillo region under regional director Rigoberto de los Santos
Guerrero to remove illegal weapons from circulation and strengthen citizen
security.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
10 g
Agencies
Policía Nacional; Ministerio Público
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (10 g)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Home
Region
Barahona
Date
Publication date
Sources
Noticias SINnoticiassin.comESPolicía y Ministerio Público incautan cinco armas artesanales, presunta droga y clerén en Barahona
Open questions the AI reported
The article gives no separate date for the raids; 13 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The 10 grams was described only as green plant material presumed to be marijuana, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The institution did not say whether anyone was detained, so no arrest figure is recorded.
The account rests on a single accessible source reproducing a police report, with no independent corroboration found.
No value estimate, exact weight, or number of homes searched was published.
Noticias SIN ran a blurred booking portrait against a DICJ seal, but the account reported no detentions for these raids, so it is not treated as an event photo here.
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