Police detained Elieth del Rosario Sanchez Arriola, 30, and Walter de Jesus Jaen Jimenez, 34, after profiling a collective-transport bus on the Jalapa-Esteli route.[1] The stop took place at the police checkpoint at kilometre 231 on the Ocotal-Mozonte road.[1] Police said both detainees had criminal records for trafficking in narcotics, psychotropic and controlled substances and were remitted with the seized evidence for judicial proceedings.[1] A second account names the same pair, aged 30 and 34, as detained by the National Police in Mozonte, Nueva Segovia, with five pounds of marijuana.[2]
Officers searching the detainees under the law seized a black bag belonging to them containing five packages wrapped in adhesive bags with green herb.[1] A field test was positive for marijuana and police gave the weight as 5 pounds, about 2.27 kg.[1] The second account likewise says the pair carried five adhesive-tape-wrapped packages in a bag aboard the Jalapa-Esteli passenger bus.[2] It also describes the contents as green herb that tested positive for marijuana with a weight of five pounds.[2]
The operation occurred on Thursday 29 January 2026 at 2:00 in the afternoon.[1] Departmental police spokeswoman Lieutenant Karla Duarte said the couple were arrested that Thursday afternoon at the kilometre 231 checkpoint on the Ocotal-Mozonte road.[2] Police presented the result at a press conference at the Commander Thomas Borge Martinez station in Ocotal, Nueva Segovia.[1] The seized drugs and the detainees were placed at the order of the Public Prosecutor to be charged before the corresponding authorities.[2]
