288 kg of marijuana seized at Manzanillo port bound for Costa Rica
Mexican naval personnel seized about 288.8 kg of marijuana hidden in 10 pallets inside a Costa Rica-bound container at Manzanillo port on 18 November 2021. Sniffer dogs found 516 packages during a joint routine inspection, and the drug was handed to ministerial authorities.
Mexico’s navy led the seizure of almost 300 kilograms of marijuana in the port
of Manzanillo bound for Costa Rica.[1]The find occurred during a routine
inspection in the Manzanillo port facility in Colima with customs and federal
prosecution agents taking part.[1]
Sniffer dogs alerted officers to the container, which was embarked for Costa
Rica.[1]Inside officers found 10 pallets holding 516 rectangular packages.[2]The packages were wrapped in tan tape and marked on the outside with the
words Qukis and Tiburón.[1]A preliminary weighing put the load at about 288.8
kilograms of marijuana, which was placed at the disposal of ministerial
authorities to build the investigations.[1]
Authorities said traffickers reused the same pallet concealment method even
though it had been detected the previous week.[1]The navy described the
action as part of its surveillance operations to inhibit crime and uphold the
rule of law.[2]
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Source: InfobaeSeized drug load from the Manzanillo operation reported as bound for Costa Rica. Photo: FGR-Semar.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
288.8 kg
Agency type
Customs, Military
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (288.8 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Port or sea
Route
Mexico → Costa Rica
Sources
Infobaeinfobae.comESSemar decomisó 288 kilos de marihuana en Colima con destino a Costa Rica
Secretaría de Marinagob.mxESMARINA, ADUANA Y FGR aseguran marihuana en el recinto portuario de Manzanillo
Open questions the AI reported
No suspects, arrests, charges or court outcome were reported for this seizure.
No separate cannabis valuation or laboratory confirmation beyond the preliminary weighing was published.
Other seizures described in the same Infobae article, including a 12 November 516 kg load bound for the Dominican Republic, an August 1,712.8 kg load bound for Chile and methamphetamine cases, are separate events left out of this report.
Both accounts follow the same official operation and no independent weighing beyond the official preliminary weight was published.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Secretaría de Marina: The navy said personnel of the Sixth Naval Region made the seizure on 18 November working with Manzanillo customs and the Attorney General's Office.
Chihuahua state prosecutors seized 49 grams of marijuana and military-style clothing in a court-ordered search of a house in the Reforma neighbourhood of Cuauhtémoc. No arrests were reported, and the evidence was turned over to the retail-drug unit.
Capital Guardia Municipal officers seized about 47.3 grams of marijuana abandoned in a bag in the Juan Ruiz de Alarcón park in colonia Virreyes, San Luis Potosí. The man seen allegedly consuming the drug fled and was not detained; the packaged herb was sent to the State Attorney General's Office for investigation.
Guanajuato state police say K9 dog Momo flagged 12 parcels in a Salamanca messaging firm holding 111 vapes, 42 apparently with marijuana, plus parts for two long guns. The seized items were placed at the disposal of the corresponding authorities; no detainees were reported.
Municipal, state and army officers seized 31 parcels of suspected marijuana and 23 wrappers of a substance like crystal in San Juan de Abajo, Bahía de Banderas, plus an abandoned Honda XR motorcycle. No one was arrested after the rider reportedly fled, and prosecutors were left to identify him.
