Three held in El Naranjo and Ciudad Valles; 17 marijuana doses seized
Guardia Civil Estatal officers detained three people in El Naranjo and Ciudad Valles, seizing 17 marijuana doses plus spikes and cameras in one stop and further marijuana doses in the other. The three were placed at the disposal of the authorities for investigation, with no charges or court outcome reported.
🇲🇽 El Naranjo and Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí · Mexico
State civil-guard officers detained three people in operations in El Naranjo and
Ciudad Valles.[1]In El Naranjo, an operation led to a pursuit that ended in
the locality of Sabino de Arriba.[1]There officers detained Alfredo “N”, aged
26, from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Martha “N”, aged 33.[1]In a second action
in Ciudad Valles, officers detained José “N”, aged 38.[1]
In the El Naranjo stop officers seized 55 doses of a substance identified as
cristal, 17 doses of marijuana, 26 devices known as ponchallantas and five
video-surveillance cameras.[1]From José “N” in Ciudad Valles officers seized
further doses described as marijuana, with no number given.[2]
The detentions resulted from preventive and intelligence actions by the Guardia
Civil.[2]The three detainees and the seized objects were placed at the
disposal of the corresponding authorities to investigate their possible
responsibility.[1]The state Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection
reported both operations as part of the force’s preventive and intelligence
work.[1]
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El Expréselexpres.comESDetienen a tres personas durante operativos en El Naranjo y Ciudad Valles
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No separate event date was published; 9 November 2026 is the publication date of both outlets and is used as the incident date.
No weight was published for the marijuana, only 17 doses in El Naranjo plus unspecified doses in Ciudad Valles, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The 55 cristal doses and the combined 72-drug-dose total are excluded from cannabis figures because they cannot be separated into cannabis weight.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; the detainees were placed at the disposal of the corresponding authorities and the investigation was still under way.
No amount was given for the marijuana seized from José “N” in Ciudad Valles.
The Heraldo page lists one photo with no caption or credit tying it to this detention, so no event media is listed.
Both outlets largely repeat the same Guardia Civil Estatal account, so they are not independent reporting, and no separate official communiqué was opened.
Guardia Civil Estatal officers detained three suspected drug sellers in San Vicente and Ciudad Valles, in San Luis Potosí's Huasteca. They seized two marijuana doses from a couple and 11 bags of marijuana from a third man, along with cristal that is not counted as cannabis.
State police and federal forces detained two people during patrols in Acapulco's Paso Limonero and Cervantes neighbourhoods, seizing 41 small bags of suspected marijuana, 20 doses of suspected crystal and a motorcycle. Authorities reported 30 bags of suspected marijuana and the motorcycle in Paso Limonero, and 11 bags in Cervantes.
Guardia Civil Estatal officers detained Daniel “N” in Ciudad Valles and Pedro “N” in Ciudad Fernández, with the Army joining the second stop. Officers seized methamphetamine doses, bags of marijuana and a Chevrolet pickup, reporting 78 drug doses overall; both men were handed to investigators.
Security forces detained a man in San Vicente, a town in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, after finding six doses of suspected marijuana and 15 packets of suspected crystal methamphetamine among his belongings. He was handed over to prosecutors to face an investigation for offences against health as part of joint patrols against street-level drug dealing.
