Two held with 372 suspected marijuana bags in Guatemala raids
Police arrested 20-year-old Noel “N” in Colonia Roosevelt, zone 11 of Guatemala City, and found 207 bags of marijuana in the property they searched, while 43-year-old Wendy “N” was detained with 165 bags in a Puerto Barrios cantina. The two 27 March 2025 anti-narcomenudeo operations yielded 372 bags in total; the seized marijuana was never weighed in the reports.
🇬🇹 Zone 11, Guatemala City, and Puerto Barrios, Izabal · Guatemala
Police detained 20-year-old Noel “N”, who sold drugs in zone 11 of Guatemala
City, in operations against retail drug dealing, or narcomenudeo.[1]The
National Civil Police described him as a suspected member of the Mara
Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang.[1]Police said he operated around 10 Avenida and
9 Calle in Colonia Roosevelt, where they searched a property.[2]In a separate
raid officers detained 43-year-old Wendy “N” in a cantina in Puerto Barrios,
Izabal.[1]Wendy “N” was placed at the disposal of a competent judge to
resolve her legal situation.[2]
Inside the zone 11 property officers found 207 bags with marijuana and seven
plastic colmillos, small containers, holding cocaine.[2]They also found a
Serpento motorcycle without a circulation plate during the same search, the
police said on social media.[1]In the Puerto Barrios cantina officers found
165 bags of marijuana and 915 quetzales in cash that authorities believe came
from selling the drug.[2]Together the two operations yielded 372 bags of
suspected marijuana and two arrests, police reported.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Sale
Setting
Port or sea, Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Prensa Latinaprensa-latina.cuESIncautan 207 bolsas con posible marihuana a distribuidor en Guatemala - Noticias Prensa Latina
La Horalahora.gtESIncautan más de 300 bolsas con droga en operativos contra narcomenudistas
Open questions the AI reported
No weight was published for the suspected marijuana, only counts of 207 and 165 bags, so no kilograms can be recorded.
No separate date is given for the two searches; 27 March 2025 is both the police reporting date and the publication date, and is used as the incident date.
Seven cocaine colmillos were found with the zone 11 marijuana and are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure; no cocaine weight can be separated, and it is not counted as cannabis.
The 915 quetzales were cash the authorities suspect came from drug sales, not a valuation of the marijuana, so no value figure is recorded.
The articles give no charges, custody ruling or court outcome beyond referring Wendy “N” to a judge.
The same articles discuss MS-13 alliances and national consumption trends, which are context rather than part of this enforcement event.
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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.
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