Two held in Ciego de Avila with marijuana in chocolate sacks
Police detained two people in Ciego de Ávila with several pounds of marijuana hidden in sacks presented as chocolate and bound for Havana. The case was reported through an officialist Facebook account, with investigations continuing into the alleged network.
Two people were detained in Ciego de Ávila with a load of several pounds of
marijuana that they intended to move to Havana.[1]The detention was reported
through the officialist Facebook profile Elizabeth Ferrer.[1]The operation
resulted from coordination among law-enforcement forces from different
territories.[1]Investigations were continuing in order to determine the scope
of the alleged network involved in the case.[1]
The marijuana was found hidden inside sacks that apparently contained chocolate.[1]A second account likewise says the drug was hidden in sacks simulating
chocolate and that its destination was Havana.[2]The second account says the
case information was disclosed through Elizabeth Ferrer’s officialist Facebook
profile.[2]The second account describes the operation as involving
coordination among law-enforcement forces from several regions of the country.[2]
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Photo of the seized load reported as several pounds of marijuana in Ciego de Ávila. Photo: Facebook / Elizabeth FerrerPhoto details
A court in Las Tunas sentenced a man to 15 years in prison in Case 115 of 2026 for trafficking marijuana with cocaine and synthetic cannabinoids in the Mexico neighborhood. Electronic surveillance showed systematic selling, and the court added loss of public rights, confiscation and a travel ban under Cuba's Penal Code.
Ministry of the Interior officers at the El Bagá checkpoint in San Antonio del Sur detained a Baracoa resident carrying hashish on a Baracoa–Guantánamo bus after a drug dog alerted. The man was already serving a drug-trafficking sentence and was out on temporary prison leave.
Cuban police arrested a young man in Salvador Rosales, Songo-La Maya, Santiago de Cuba, while he counted seeds at an illegal marijuana plantation of more than 2,000 plants. Several other people accused of harvesting and distributing the crop were also arrested and are being processed, with no names or charges released.
Authorities in Havana detained one person at a bus terminal carrying a wrapper of marijuana, with prosecutors seeking more than 10 years in prison. The case was announced alongside a wider September 2024 anti-drug report, with no amount or separate event date published.
