Maldonado police seize 30 kg of marijuana in 90 raids
Maldonado police reported 90 anti-drug raids leading to 104 people charged or convicted and 47 drug sale points dismantled. The operations seized 30 kilograms of marijuana along with cocaine, vehicles, firearms and cash.
🇺🇾 Maldonado department · Uruguay
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Charged
104
Cannabis
30 kg
Sites
47
Vehicles confiscated
50
Agencies
Brigada Departamental Antidrogas, Jefatura de Policía de Maldonado
Maldonado’s Anti-Drug Brigade carried out 90 raids that led to 104 people being
formally charged and/or convicted.[1]Officers also intervened in 47 drug sale
points, several of which were walled up or demolished.[1]
The operations seized30 kilograms of marijuana.[1]Police also seized 50
vehicles alongside the drugs.[1]
The results were presented to Interior Minister Carlos Negro during his visit to
Maldonado in a meeting with Police Chief Victor Trezza and his command.[1]FM
Gente reported the same remarks as more than 100 raids and about 60 kilos of
cocaine and pasta base plus about 30 kilos of marijuana.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
104
Cannabis
30 kg
Sites
47
Vehicles confiscated
50
Agencies
Brigada Departamental Antidrogas; Jefatura de Policía de Maldonado
FM Gentefmgente.com.uyESCarlos Negro destacó la gestión policial en Maldonado y anunció 100 nuevos efectivos más; hubo 100 allanamientos y se incautaron 90 kilos entre cocaína, pasta base y marihuana
Open questions the AI reported
FM Gente reported more than 100 raids and about 60 kilos of cocaine and pasta base, while the Interior Ministry's detailed statement reports 90 raids and more than 77 kilos of cocaine; this report uses the ministry's figures and a rounded 30 kilos of marijuana stated by both.
The statements cover operations since the start of the current administration and the tribute on 13 October 2026, but do not give start and end dates for each raid, so 13 October 2026 is used as the report date for the published campaign total.
Police found 2.320 kilos of marijuana and other drugs, phones and routers near a module of Unit 4 of Uruguay's national rehabilitation institute, the former Comcar prison, in Montevideo on 23 August 2026. The Ministry of the Interior valued the combined haul at about US$330,000, and the case moved to a narcotics prosecutor investigating collusion by prison staff, soldiers and prisoners.
Anti-drug police raided a drug storage and processing residence in Maldonado Nuevo on 21 May 2026 under Operation Jacobo, seizing 7.5 kilograms of marijuana alongside 4.5 kilograms of cocaine. Officers also confiscated three modified Glock pistols, more than 550 rounds of ammunition and 140,000 Uruguayan pesos as prosecutors investigated the Maldonado and San Carlos network.
Operation Fortuna intercepted 11 postal shipments and seized about 63 kg of hashish sent from the United States, then police detained 13 people in raids across Montevideo, Canelones and Rocha. A court formalized proceedings against 12 detainees and ordered 120 days of preventive detention, while the remaining detainee was released.
Cerro Largo police, tipped off by Brazil's Civil Police, seized 42.067 kilos of marijuana buds from a sheet-metal shelter near the Aceguá border on 29 January 2025. Raids in Melo days later led to two convictions, with prison terms of two years and six months and three years for supplying narcotics.
Arrested 2Sentenced 2Cannabis 42.067 kgPrison 2 years 6 months, and 3 years
