El Salvador burns 2.66 kg of marijuana among $96,573 of destroyed drugs
El Salvador's attorney general's office and National Civil Police supervised the destruction of drugs seized in separate operations, including 2,658.90 grams of marijuana. Cocaine and methamphetamine were destroyed in the same procedure, which the FGR valued at 96,572.67 dollars in total, with no arrests or court step reported.
El Salvador’s Fiscalía General de la República, the attorney general’s office,
and the National Civil Police supervised the destruction of drugs seized in
separate operations across the country.[1]The elimination took place at
controlled facilities under strict guard, with specialised prosecutors present
who certified compliance with the established legal protocols.[1]
The authorities carried out field tests and weighed the loads before confirming
what had been eliminated.[1]The marijuana destroyed weighed 2,658.90 grams,
about 2.66 kg.[1]The same destruction eliminated 3,675.91 grams of cocaine.[1]It also eliminated 32,113 grams of methamphetamine.[1]The FGR put the
economic value of the destroyed substances at 96,572.67 dollars, calculated on
the estimated illicit-market price.[1]
The authorities said the seizures formed part of the national strategy to reduce
drug trafficking and consumption on Salvadoran territory.[1]The PNC said
inter-institutional coordination strengthens controls and speeds the response to
crime linked to the sale and distribution of narcotics.[1]
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Specialist personnel verifying and preparing the seized marijuana for destruction. Photo: courtesy FGRPhoto details
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Source: InfobaeAuthorities destroying seized drugs in a controlled burn during the official procedure in El Salvador. Photo: courtesy FGRPhoto details
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Cannabis
2.6589 kg
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Field
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Infobaeinfobae.comESDestrucción de droga incautada en El Salvador: más de 96 mil dólares en estupefacientes eliminados
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The article says the destruction took place recently but gives no separate date, so 14 February 2026, its publication date, is used as the incident date.
Only one accessible source for this destruction was found after searching in Spanish and English.
The 96,572.67-dollar valuation covers marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine together, and no cannabis-only value was published, so no value is recorded for the marijuana.
The cocaine and methamphetamine weights are reported only to explain the mixed destruction and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
The article does not name the controlled facility where the drugs were destroyed.
No arrests, charges or court step connected with this destruction were reported.
The same article reports 2026 cocaine seizure statistics, the playa Toluca boat seizure and 2025 and 2024 national totals, different events left out here.
The video and several other photos on the page concern the separate playa Toluca cocaine seizure, so they are not listed as media for this event.
The Second Sentencing Court of Santa Tecla sentenced Guillermo Aldair Laureano Meléndez to ten years in prison for illicit drug trafficking over the 386.2 grams of marijuana police seized from him in the colonia La Esperanza, Quezaltepeque, on 9 February 2026. In the same case the court gave Héctor J. E. three years for possession of 34.8 grams, replaced by community work.
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.
El Salvador's Armed Forces located 132 marijuana plants in Cantón Las Marías, Izalco, during a Thursday anti-drug patrol in Sonsonate. Defence Minister René Merino Monroy said the operation was part of a national effort to eradicate drug trafficking.
Defence minister René Merino Monroy presented the security cabinet's figures for 2025: 25,011.05 kg of drugs seized, against 17,224.8 kg in 2024. Cocaine made up 24,612.59 kg of the total; marijuana accounted for 394.52 kg, valued at about 1.39 million dollars.
