516 kg of marijuana seized at Manzanillo port bound for Dominican Republic
Mexican naval personnel, customs officers and federal prosecutors seized 516 kg of marijuana in a Dominican Republic-bound container at the port of Manzanillo on 10 November 2021. The load was found on six pallets during a routine inspection with sniffer dogs, and no arrests were reported.
Mexican naval personnel, Manzanillo customs officers and federal prosecutorsseized516 kilograms of marijuana inside a container at the port of Manzanillo
on 10 November 2021.[1]The navy’s Sixth Naval Region and customs staff found
the load during a routine inspection carried out with sniffer dogs.[1]The
container was bound for the Dominican Republic.[2]The marijuana was packed on
six pallets, ten rectangular packages per pallet, for 60 packages in all.[1]
Mexican prosecutors, the Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), and the
Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) said the container was for the Caribbean island,
at the far end of the Pacific-facing port area.[2]A ministerial weighing
determined the load weighed 516 kilograms.[3]Naval personnel found the drug
working with Manzanillo customs workers and the FGR.[2]The marijuana was
placed at the disposal of ministerial authorities.[2]
The two agencies described the seizure as part of the Navy’s surveillance
operations to curb criminal activity and maintain the rule of law in Mexico.[1]
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Seized marijuana from the Manzanillo port inspection, published with the seal “Pese a los decomisos, el narco no disminuye su actividad en el país”. Photo: FGR-Semar.Photo details
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Source: InfobaeSecond view of the marijuana secure at the port, captioned “Los 516 kilogramos fueron puestos a disposición de las autoridades ministeriales”. Photo: FGR-Semar.Photo details
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Source: InfobaePackages from the load, captioned in the article “La droga estaba destinada a la isla del caribe”. Photo: FGR-Semar.Photo details
No suspects, arrests, charges or court outcome were reported for this seizure.
The navy's communiqué and news reports give no street value for the 516 kg load, so no value figure is recorded.
The exact date of the inspection is given only by the navy's communiqué (10 November 2021); Infobae and Diario Presente report the seizure without a separate date and their 12 November publication dates are not used as the incident date.
The drug is described as green herb with marijuana characteristics and weighed at a ministerial weighing, with no laboratory confirmation published.
The same Infobae article also describes a 1,712.8 kg load seized at Manzanillo on 4 August bound for Chile and a 7 October methamphetamine seizure off Baja California; those are separate events left out of this report.
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