Man jailed 10 years in Yucatán for carrying 8.975 kg of cannabis
A federal judge in Yucatán sentenced Samuel “N” to 10 years in prison and a fine of 100 days for transporting cannabis, methamphetamine and cocaine found in his car at a checkpoint in Izamal. Police seized 8.975 kilograms of cannabis in 13 packages on 1 November 2024; the court announced the sentence on 7 November 2026.
🇲🇽 Carretera Tekit de Regil-Dzoyaxché, Izamal, Yucatán · Mexico
A federal control judge sentenced Samuel “N” to 10 years in prison for a health
crime in the form of transporting narcotics.[1]The judge also imposed a fine
equivalent to 100 days.[1]
The case began on 1 November 2024, when state public security officers stopped
him for speeding at a checkpoint on the Tekit de Regil–Dzoyaxché road in the
municipality of Izamal.[1]Searching the car, officers found 13 packages
wrapped in clear plastic holding substances with the characteristics of
marijuana, cocaine and crystal, the street name for methamphetamine.[1]Laboratory tests put the cannabis sativa at eight kilos and 975 grams, alongside
five kilos and 992 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride and 253 grams and five
milligrams of cocaine.[1]The total load came to 15 kilos, 220 grams and five
milligrams, the figure the authorities cite for all three drugs together rather
than for the cannabis alone.[1]Officers also seized a compact car with
Yucatán licence plates.[1]
The federal public prosecutor presented its evidence to a control judge, who
entered the conviction.[2]He was identified as Samuel “N” and held
responsible for a health crime in the form of transporting narcotics and
psychotropics.[2]Moto Informa likewise reported that the 13 packages were
found in a compact car flagged down for speeding at the Izamal checkpoint.[3]
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The sentence was announced on 7 November 2026; the article gives no exact date of the court hearing or the date the ruling was issued, so the announcement date is used.
The combined 15 kilos, 220 grams and five milligrams is a total for cannabis, methamphetamine hydrochloride and cocaine and is not recorded as a cannabis figure.
The fine of 100 days was published without a peso amount, so no monetary value is recorded.
The sentence is a first-instance control-judge ruling; whether either side appealed is not reported.
Only the name Samuel “N” was published, with no age or further identity given.
All three accounts reproduce the FGR's own account of the case, so they are not independent reporting.
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