15 held and 600 g of marijuana seized in Guayaquil anti-drug operations
Ecuador's National Police reported on 5 December 2022 that its anti-drug operations in Guayaquil had detained 15 people and seized 600 grams of marijuana, along with cocaine, heroin and ammunition that police said was meant for domestic consumption. The same day the force announced a separate 2.2-tonne cocaine shipment found in a banana container at the port.
Ecuador’s National Police reported the results of its anti-drug operations in
Guayaquil on the afternoon of Monday 5 December 2022.[1]Officers detained 15
people in those Guayaquil operations.[1]The operations also seized600 grams
of marijuana, the cannabis component recorded here.[1]Alongside the drugs,
the police seized ammunition.[1]Police said the substances were intended for
domestic consumption.[1]
The Guayaquil result was reported the same day police announced a separate
seizure of 2.2 tonnes of cocaine hidden among bananas in a container bound for
Sweden.[1]The container shipment was to leave from the port of Guayaquil for
Sweden.[1]A single suspect was detained over the cocaine container, the
exporter’s representative at the port.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
15
Cannabis
600 g
Agency
Ecuador's National Police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (600 g)
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Port or sea
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Guayas
Sources
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Open questions the AI reported
The operation's date is the Monday of the police announcement, 5 December 2022; the article itself is dated 6 December 2022 and gives no separate date for the raids.
The article gives no district or address for the Guayaquil operations and no unit named as carrying them out.
Cocaine, heroin and ammunition quantities are reported only to explain the same operation and are excluded from the cannabis figures; no combined haul weight is attributed to marijuana.
No cannabis valuation, charges, custody ruling or court outcome were published.
Only one account of this operation could be opened; searches in Spanish did not find a separate statement or another outlet reporting it.
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Ecuadorian army troops searched a house at the entrance to Monterrey, in La Concordia canton, and found about 100 grams of a greenish substance believed to be marijuana, along with cocaine, 140 rounds of 9 mm ammunition and a homemade revolver. No one was arrested and the army did not identify the owners of the house.
Ecuador's National Police seized 26 grams of marijuana from a Quito-to-Manta parcel at Manta's bus terminal on 30 October 2026 after detector dog CUMI alerted. No one was detained; prosecutors opened an inquiry into the sender and recipient.
Ecuador's National Police seized 535.03 kg of marijuana, packed in 350 rectangular parcels, from an SUV in San Miguel de Ibarra and arrested the driver, named in one report as Jorge M. The force valued the load at more than US$414,000 on the domestic market.
