16-year-old held in Hermosillo with 20 marijuana wrappers and a replica pistol
Hermosillo municipal police detained a 16-year-old boy at Mazatán and Héroes de Caborca streets in the colonia Insurgentes on 4 November 2026, seizing 20 wrappers of herb that appeared to be marijuana and a replica handgun. He was handed to the investigating authority.
🇲🇽 colonia Insurgentes, Hermosillo, Sonora · Mexico
Municipal police in Hermosillo detained a 16-year-old boy who was carrying 20
wrappers of green, dry herb that appeared to be marijuana and a replica handgun.[1]The detention happened at 18:15 on Wednesday 4 November 2026 at the corner
of Mazatán and Héroes de Caborca streets in the colonia Insurgentes, in the
north of the city.[1]The officers acted after the teenager behaved evasively
when he saw them, so they stopped him for a check.[2]
The wrappers of suspected marijuana and the replica pistol were found among his
belongings.[2]The boy was handed over to the investigating authority.[2]
Photos and video
Police photo of a person detained with a pistol and packages of marijuana in Hermosillo, published as the article's main image. No photo credit given.Photo details
No weight was published for the marijuana; the sources report only 20 wrappers.
The sources describe the marijuana as apparent or presumed and the herb as green and dry.
No charge, custody ruling or court outcome was reported; the boy was referred to the investigating authority.
The sources do not say what happened to the replica pistol or whether it was recorded as evidence.
Proyecto Puente says the teenager's belongings held the wrappers and pistol, while Expreso describes them as carried; the report does not specify where on him they were found.
The Expreso main photograph is dated April 2026 in its file address and carries no caption or credit, so it may be an archive image rather than a picture of this detention.
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.
