Navy reports 31 tonnes of marijuana seized in Michoacán
The Mexican Navy said operations in Michoacán had seized 31 tonnes of marijuana, reported on 11 November 2026 as part of a wider balance that also listed cocaine, methamphetamine and 119 detentions. The marijuana figure is the Navy's own; the detentions and the stated financial loss are not broken out for cannabis.
The Mexican Navy said its operations in Michoacán had seized31 tonnes of
marijuana, and listed more than 10 tonnes of cocaine and 7.5 tonnes of
methamphetamine in the same balance.[1]The Navy said these actions had caused
organised crime an economic loss of more than 5,355 million pesos and had led to
119 people being detained.[1]
The Navy had deployed 1,300 personnel and 61 vehicles in Lázaro Cárdenas,
Coahuayana and Aquila, with ships, helicopters and drones, for surveillance and
special operations from the sea toward land corridors.[1]The Navy presented
the balance on 11 November 2026.[2]The drug figures were reported as results
of Plan Michoacán, and the combined weight of cocaine, methamphetamine and
marijuana was given as 48.5 tonnes.[3]
Among the results, the Navy highlighted the dismantling of a criminal cell
dedicated to cocaine trafficking and the detention of alleged members of groups
linked to extortion of agricultural producers.[1]It also highlighted the
capture of Rafael “N”, alias “R2”, described as a leader of Los R and an alleged
intellectual co-author of the killing of Carlos Manzo.[1]Six clandestine
laboratories were disabled, and vehicles, boats, weapons, cartridges and more
than 1.5 million packs of counterfeit cigarettes were seized.[1]
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Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The Navy presented the figures as a balance on 11 November 2026; the accounts opened do not say when the marijuana seizures began or whether 31 tonnes is one load or a running total.
The 119 detentions and the loss of more than 5,355 million pesos cover cocaine, methamphetamine, extortion and other cases as well as marijuana, so they are not recorded as cannabis arrests or a cannabis value.
Gamavisión's headline says 40 tonnes of drugs, while its body and the other outlets give the Navy's breakdown, and El Financiero sums cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana as 48.5 tonnes.
No place was given for the marijuana itself beyond the Michoacán operations; the named deployment was in Lázaro Cárdenas, Coahuayana and Aquila.
No cannabis-only arrest count, charges or court outcome was reported.
El Financiero states 10 tonnes of cocaine where Gamavisión and La Crónica say more than 10 tonnes; the marijuana figure of 31 tonnes matches in the accounts opened.
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.
