Six arrested in Caracas raids; 128 g marijuana seized
FANB officers detained six people in two anti-drug operations in Nuevo Horizonte and Propatria in western Caracas. Officers reported a mixed seizure of 2,892 kg of drugs plus a separately weighed 128 grams of marijuana at a dismantled clandestine processing centre.
🇻🇪 Nuevo Horizonte and Propatria, Sucre parish, Caracas · Venezuela
Officers of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces detained six people in
flagrancy in two operations in western Caracas against drug trafficking.[1]The two operations took place in Nuevo Horizonte and Propatria and were aimed at
dismantling organized-crime groups.[1]The ministry identified the acting unit
as FANB personnel attached to CZGNB No. 43 operating in Sucre parish in Caracas.[2]
In Nuevo Horizonte officers captured five people after patrol work and reported
breaking up a criminal gang.[1]In that procedure officers reported 2,892
kilograms of drugs divided into 430 wraps of marijuana, 614 wraps of crack and
222 wraps of cocaine.[1]Officers also seized 337 rifle cartridges, four
vehicles and logistics equipment in the Nuevo Horizonte procedure.[1]
In Propatria officers dismantled a clandestine processing centre and detained
one person, seizing 128 grams of marijuana with an electric oven for synthetic
drugs, two .22 rifles and dosing technology.[1]The ministry said the
Propatria haul included an electric oven for preparing synthetic drugs and
dosing technology alongside the two rifles.[1]The seized evidence and the
detainees were placed at the disposal of the Public Ministry.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
6
Cannabis
128 g
Agency
Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (FANB)
Agency type
Military
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (128 g)
Activity
Trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Distrito Capital
Date
Publication date
Sources
El Tiempoeltiempo.comESMilitares detienen a seis personas e incautan más de dos toneladas de drogas en Caracas
No separate date for the two operations was published; 29 May 2026, the date of the ministry announcement and of publication, is used as the incident date.
The reported 2,892 kilograms is a combined weight for marijuana, crack and cocaine wraps and cannot be separated into a cannabis weight, so it is not counted in cannabis figures; only the separately weighed 128 grams of marijuana is recorded, and no weight for the 430 marijuana wraps was published.
No names, charges or court outcome were reported beyond the handover of the detainees and evidence to the Public Ministry.
Both accounts derive from the Interior Ministry announcement issued through Telegram, so they are not fully independent verifications of the seizure.
A separate Tachira operation mentioned in the same articles, with three detentions and 262.35 kilos seized, is a different event left out of this report.
Police in Anzoátegui state, Venezuela, detained six people in separate microtrafficking arrests across several municipalities, seizing 25.9 grams of suspected cannabis from one man in Barcelona and eight cannabis wrappers from a motorcyclist in Bruzual. The other four arrests involved suspected crack and cocaine; all six were handed to prosecutors.
The Bolivarian National Guard stopped a go-fast boat off Falcón and arrested three people. The load was 1,485.506 kg of marijuana in 1,726 cakes and 8.856 kg of cocaine in nine cakes, after intelligence work with French customs.
Bolivarian National Police arrested one person in central Maracaibo after finding 315 kg of marijuana in 600 wraps hidden inside 30 modified domestic gas cylinders. The suspect allegedly ran a basic-services distribution front and was handed to the Public Ministry.
Four alleged FARC members were captured on the Orinoco River on 17 February 2020 with 1,400 kg of suspected marijuana, firearms and military uniforms. They were charged with military rebellion and violation of a security zone and ordered held at the Oriente Penitentiary Centre in Monagas.
