Agents of Honduras’s National Anti-Drug Police Directorate (DNPA) seized 498 pounds of suspected marijuana at the Desvío de Telica in Juticalpa, Olancho, during an operation in the early hours before 11 September 2026.[1] The load was hidden in a car and packed in 10 bales holding 249 double packages, which police weighed at a total of 498 pounds (about 226 kg).[1] Officers detained two people who were travelling in the car carrying the load: a 27-year-old man and a 17-year-old minor.[1][2] The car used to move the substance was also confiscated and stayed under the authorities’ custody as part of the investigation.[1]

National Police investigators said the two were travelling with the marijuana from San Esteban, Olancho, toward Tegucigalpa.[3][2] The Security Secretariat said police intelligence placed the pair on the road from San Esteban toward Tegucigalpa.[4] The seized substance was still described as suspected marijuana and was to undergo laboratory analysis to confirm scientifically that it is marijuana.[1]

Both detainees were to be handed to the competent authorities to continue the procedure established by law and to determine their possible responsibility for moving the load.[5] Investigations continued to establish where the load came from and where it was going.[6] The National Police announced the case under its #LoMásRelevante round-up as an impact operation in Olancho.[3]