Nicaragua’s Distrito Naval Caribe intercepted six men on 21 June 2026 at about 6 p.m. about five kilometres south of Tasbapaunie in Laguna de Perlas municipality.[1] The detained men were Cornelio Francis Jackson, 70, Jimmy Dalton García, 60, Debron Antonio Jonfriz López, 46, Pedro Martínez Agustín, 45, Ajonny Carlos Prudo, 32, and Sheyron Julias Hamilton, 22.[1][2] The detainees and the seized evidence were handed to the competent authorities for investigation and legal proceedings.[1] Bluefields National Police officers attended the naval district to weigh the drug and carry out investigative steps, with the Public Ministry also taking part before the case moves to the courts.[3]
The operation seized 18 sacks containing a total of 117 packs of marijuana.[1][2] The seized marijuana weighed 271 kilograms and 204 grams, equivalent to 597.9 pounds.[4] Officers also seized a panga-type boat, a 40-horsepower outboard motor and a motorcycle allegedly used to move the drug.[1] TN8 identified the boat as the Nicaraguan-flagged panga Infiniti, registration 5808, with a 40 HP Yamaha motor and a red-and-white Genesis motorcycle, plate M 283612, plus four fuel-storage barrels.[3] The Bluefields account added that officers also took a suitcase, a backpack, four buckets and three bags of fertilizer together with the four barrels.[4]
The army presented the action as part of its standing operations against drug trafficking and organized crime in Bluefields and the southern Caribbean.[1] The Caribbean naval district chief described it as part of the permanent containment wall against drug trafficking and organized crime.[3] The naval district chief said the detainees, the drug and the evidence would be referred to the competent authorities.[3]
The army account gives the interception site as coordinates 12°38’38” N, 083°32’44” W, 5 kilometres south of Tasbapounie in Laguna de Perlas.[2] The army account lists one motorcycle, one Nicaraguan-flagged boat hull named Infinity, one outboard motor, two barrels, four plastic buckets and one suitcase with personal means among the items taken.[2] The army said the action was carried out under the State Strategy Muro de contención and within Operation Dignidad Nacional.[2]
