Man held in Ciudad Delgado with cannabis valued at $400
Police arrested Salvador Antonio Ramón, 44, on the night of 29 October 2026 in the colonia Santa Marta, Ciudad Delgado, after a preventive patrol found portions of cannabis. The Policía Nacional Civil valued the seizure at about $400 and said he would be referred for possession, with no court decision announced.
🇸🇻 colonia Santa Marta, Ciudad Delgado, San Salvador Centro · El Salvador
Officers of the Policía Nacional Civil (PNC), El Salvador’s national civil
police, arrested Salvador Antonio Ramón, aged 44, after finding portions of
cannabis on him.[1]The institution said those portions were worth
approximately $400.[1]The procedure took place on the night of Thursday 29
October 2026 in Ciudad Delgado, San Salvador Centro.[1]Agents found him
during a preventive patrol in the colonia Santa Marta, a neighbourhood of that
district.[1]
According to the police report, the substance was found and seized during the
intervention.[1]The PNC identified the drug as cannabis, but did not state
its weight or how many portions were seized.[1]The $400 is the economic
valuation published by the authorities, not cash taken from him.[1]
The institution said Ramón would be referred for the offence of possession and
holding of drugs.[1]The information released so far concerns the arrest, and
no judicial decision in the case had yet been announced.[1]
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Source: Diario Digital Cronio de El SalvadorPhotograph of the seized cannabis portions laid out after the Ciudad Delgado arrest. Photo: Diario Digital Cronio de El SalvadorPhoto details
No weight and no count of the cannabis portions were published.
Police said he would be referred for possession and holding of drugs; no charge filing or court decision has been announced.
The official PNC statement was not opened; both accounts cite the police.
Coordinates are for Ciudad Delgado, not a mapped point inside the colonia Santa Marta.
A designed custody card also appears with the Cronio article; a separate image address for that card, distinct from the portrait, was not recovered.
Diario La Página also published a photograph of the case that was not listed separately because it appears to be the same police handout.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Diario La Página: Police described the find as several portions of cannabis whose approximate market value was $400.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Diario La Página: Authorities said they were continuing the corresponding procedure.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police arrested a 41-year-old man at his home in the residencial Santa Teresa in Santa Tecla, La Libertad Sur, on 6 November 2026, seizing portions of marijuana and cocaine along with grinders, pipes, a scale and two phones. Police said he would be sent to the courts for illicit drug trafficking; no weights or court outcome were reported.
National Civil Police agents arrested César Danilo López Hernández, 34, inside a higher-education centre in San Salvador on 6 November 2026, saying he carried marijuana and cash hidden in a backpack and tried to flee. Police did not identify the university or give the amount of marijuana or money, and said he will be referred for possession and holding with intent to traffic.
El Salvador's Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police carried out five raids in San Salvador Centro and arrested a man and a woman accused of forcing minors to sell drugs, with a third arrest warrant outstanding. Investigators said the case began in October 2026 when a 15-year-old caught selling drugs told officers adults beat him and made him distribute the substances.
El Salvador's National Civil Police arrested 21-year-old Ederson Stanley Santos Bermúdez in the Mejicanos district of San Salvador Centro on 4 November 2026 and seized several bags of marijuana it said were prepared for sale, plus a mobile phone. He was to be referred for possession and holding of drugs, with no weight or court outcome reported.
