Three arrested as Mexico City raids find marijuana and stolen auto parts
Mexico City police searched two properties in Iztapalapa and Cuauhtémoc and arrested three people, seizing 15 and 24 bags of marijuana, guns, a white solid substance and three tonnes of auto parts. The searches followed a violent car robbery in Ecatepec and a wing-mirror theft in Peralvillo; the detainees were handed to the Public Prosecutor's Office.
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Mexico City’s Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) arrested three people in two
court-ordered searches in the Iztapalapa and Cuauhtémoc boroughs.[1]The two
properties were described as storage and distribution points for stolen auto
parts.[2]The first search was at a property on Calle Leonardo Da Vinci in
colonia Citlalli, Iztapalapa.[1]A 29-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man
were detained there.[2]
Officers seized 15 bags of marijuana at the property.[1]They also seized 49
bags of a white solid substance, two firearms, five magazines, five licence
plates, seven credentials and two mobile phones.[1]
The second search was at a property on Calle Arrigo Boito in colonia Ex
Hipódromo de Peralvillo, Cuauhtémoc.[1]A 34-year-old man was detained there.[2]Officers seized 24 bags of marijuana and 56 bags of a white solid substance
at the property.[1]The property also held three tonnes of stolen auto parts,
three licence plates, a pair of wing mirrors, a magazine and 25 rounds of
ammunition.[1]
Police said the searches followed a violent car robbery in Ecatepec on 24
October and the theft of a car’s wing mirrors in Peralvillo.[3]The
34-year-old has five investigation files opened between 2008 and 2026 for
vehicle-accessory theft, violent street robbery and narcomenudeo, Mexico’s
small-scale drug retail offence.[1]The three detainees were handed to the
Public Prosecutor’s Office, which will decide their legal situation.[3]Both
properties were sealed and remained under police guard while investigations
continued.[1]
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The three detainees after their arrests in the Iztapalapa and Cuauhtémoc searches. Photo: SSCPhoto details
El Universaleluniversal.com.mxESDetienen en Cuauhtémoc e Iztapalapa a tres personas relacionadas con robo de autopartes; aseguran tres toneladas de piezas
Open questions the AI reported
No separate date is given for the two searches; 11 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No weight was published for the marijuana, only 15 and 24 bags, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
Cronica and El Universal call the material marijuana, while El Heraldo describes it as similar to or possibly marijuana; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
The white solid substance found in 49 and 56 bags was not identified in the accounts.
It is not stated whether the marijuana found belongs to the auto-parts investigation or to a separate drug inquiry.
No charges, court appearance or outcome were reported; the detainees were handed to the Public Prosecutor's Office.
The accounts appear to reprint the same SSC statement, so the details are not independently corroborated.
No source gives a combined total for the marijuana found at the two properties.
State prosecutors and federal and state officers searched a property in San Jerónimo Tianguismanalco, in the municipality of San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla, and detained four people on suspicion of drug dealing. Officers seized 47 small bags of a granular substance similar to crystal and a gram scale.
State prosecutors, soldiers, National Guard troops and Puebla state police searched a property in San Luis Coyotzingo, in the municipality of Huejotzingo, on a warrant and seized 19 doses with characteristics of marijuana, 63 bags of crystal and a gram scale. The building was sealed and left with the authorities, and no arrests were reported.
Michoacán's state attorney general's office raided three properties in Los Reyes simultaneously, in the Monte Verde housing development and the Villa Oriente neighbourhood, and said it seized about 1.7 kilograms of marijuana along with weapons and tactical gear. The properties were identified as operating sites of a group attributed to Fausto Alejandro "N", known as "El Bolillo".
Federal officers raiding a suspected crypto-mining site called La Gallera in Tlaola, Puebla, on 5 November detained one man who had a bag of presumed marijuana. The raid seized mining and electrical equipment and is being investigated as possible electricity theft, with no weight or charge reported for the marijuana.
