Nine marijuana packs and 158 doses seized in Cartago
Fuerza Pública officers seized nine packs and 158 doses of suspected marijuana plus cash at the Miraflores dike in Taras, Cartago, after three suspects fled. The mixed seizure also contained crack, cocaine, tusi and ecstasy and was handed to judicial authorities.
🇨🇷 dique de Miraflores, Taras, Cartago · Costa Rica
Cannabis
126 g
Fuerza Pública officers seized suspected drugs and cash during a police
intervention at the Miraflores dike in Taras, Cartago.[1]When officers
entered the area, they saw three people dressed in black who fled through the
brush toward the river.[1]The report names no arrests, saying officers
instead searched the area and found a green bag.[1]
Officers seized nine wrappers of apparent marijuana weighing about 14 grams
each, about 126 grams in total.[1]They also seized 158 doses of marijuana
whose weight was not reported.[1]The same bag held 342 doses of apparent
crack, 10 doses of apparent cocaine, 52 doses of apparent tusi and three
apparent ecstasy pills, which are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure.[1]Officers also seized ₡69,000 in cash described as alleged proceeds from
psychotropic sales.[1]
The whole seizure was placed at the disposal of the judicial authorities, with
no court outcome reported.[1]
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Costa Rican coast guards intercepted two drug boats in the southern Pacific on 8 July 2026 and detained six crew members, four Colombians and two Ecuadorians. Police said one boat carried about 2,750 kg of marijuana alongside cocaine, the cannabis component recorded here.
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On the night of 20 January 2026 Costa Rican drug police and the Coast Guard, with DEA support, intercepted a go-fast boat about 40 nautical miles southwest of Cabo Matapalo and seized 6,452 marijuana packages weighing 3,548 kg. Three Colombian crew members were detained and the vessel Monarca CP01 was towed to Golfito.
