Himalaya raid in Los Eucaliptos seized 2.6 kg of marijuana and cocaine
Under Operation Himalaya, Maldonado's anti-drug brigade raided a home in the Los Eucaliptos settlement on 30 October 2025, seizing 2.593 kg of marijuana, 2.703 kg of cocaine, a revolver, 1,020 cartridges and surveillance equipment without detaining anyone.
🇺🇾 asentamiento Los Eucaliptos, Maldonado · Uruguay
Officers seized 4 bricks of marijuana weighing a total of 2.593 kilograms,
alongside 2.703 kilograms of cocaine, a .22 revolver, four 9 mm pistol
magazines, and 1,020 cartridges of various calibres.[1]
No one was detained at the property.[1]Also seized were four hand-held radio
units and binoculars, items the sources describe as typical equipment for drug
bands to maintain contact and carry out remote surveillance.[1]
Forensic police documented evidence at the site, and a drug-detection dog helped
locate the seized substances.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The marijuana is described as four bricks totalling 2.593 kg, a weight that reads as grams in the sources' context; the kilogram figure is used as published without resolving the apparent unit discrepancy.
No one was named or charged in these reports; no charges, trial or court outcome for the 30 October raid was reported.
The 2.703 kg of cocaine, the revolver, four pistol magazines, 1,020 cartridges, four hand-held radios and binoculars are outside the cannabis scope and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
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