Man, 38, arrested with 48 marijuana bags in Flores Costa Cuca
Police detained 38-year-old Julio “N”, known as “Canche Loco”, in aldea El Manantial, Flores Costa Cuca, seizing 48 bags of marijuana alongside methamphetamine, crack and a phone. He was accused of illegal firearm carrying, and police said he had two prior aggravated-robbery records.
🇬🇹 Aldea El Manantial, Flores Costa Cuca, Quetzaltenango · Guatemala
Investigators detained a man known as “Canche Loco” during a search in aldea El
Manantial, Flores Costa Cuca, Quetzaltenango, on 16 June 2026.[1]The detainee
was identified as Julio “N”, 38, also known by the alias “Canche Loco”.[1]He
was accused of illegal carrying of a civilian or sporting firearm.[2]Police
said he had two previous records for aggravated robbery.[1]
The search was carried out by investigators of the División de Información
Policial (DIP) with prosecutors of the Ministerio Público (MP) as an operation
against narcomenudeo, street-level dealing.[2]During the search investigators
found and seized 48 bags of marijuana.[2]In the same search they also seized
41 bags of methamphetamine, 25 crack stones and a mobile phone.[1]
Police said the seized items would be analysed as part of inquiries into
possible retail drug distribution in the sector.[2]After the detention, DIP
investigators transferred the detained man from Flores Costa Cuca.[2]
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Investigators transfer the man known as “Canche Loco” after detention in Flores Costa Cuca, Quetzaltenango. Photo: PNC via Prensa Libre.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
La Horalahora.gtESAlias “Canche Loco” es detenido en posesión de marihuana, metanfetamina y crack
Prensa Libreprensalibre.comESInvestigadores capturan al “Canche Loco” y decomisan marihuana, crack y metanfetamina
Open questions the AI reported
No weight was published for the marijuana, only 48 bags, so no kilograms can be recorded.
Methamphetamine and crack quantities are excluded from cannabis figures under the synthetic and mixed-event scope; no combined drug total is counted as cannabis.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome beyond the illegal firearm allegation were reported; the investigation was continuing.
The same Prensa Libre article reports a separate non-cannabis search in San Antonio Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, with a revolver and 275 rounds and no arrests, left out here as a different event.
The outcome of the seized phone analysis was not reported.
On 21 October 2026 prosecutors and police at the Nuevo San Carlos inter-agency checkpoint on the CA-2 route arrested three Guatemalans in a pickup and seized 15 field-test-positive bags of marijuana, prefilled cannabis cigarettes, e-cigarettes and phones.
Police arrested Jaime “N”, 52, and Máximo “N”, 25, at a control post at kilometre 132.1 in Pasaco, Jutiapa, seizing 20 packages of marijuana plus two of crack and two phones. The men were moving a pickup on a tow truck, and both vehicles were impounded with the case sent to prosecutors.
Police arrested Zulmy Judith Méndez Díaz and Sandra Patricia Barillas del Cid as they tried to bring 15 packets of marijuana into the Las Gaviotas youth centre in Guatemala City for their detained sons. A duty court later bound both women over for trial on drug charges and ordered pretrial detention.
Guatemala's National Civil Police said officers arrested Alexis “N”, 25, in barrio Candelaria, Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango, on 27 September 2026 after finding four bags of marijuana in the pickup he was driving. The arrest was one of several the police reported that Sunday across five departments for crimes including kidnapping, extortion and fraud.
