Oruro prosecutors seize marijuana in a suitcase, hold one person
Oruro's Fiscalía Especializada de Sustancias Controladas seized marijuana concealed in three bags inside a black suitcase on 9 November 2026 and detained one person. Field tests confirmed marijuana; the detainee is awaiting a custody hearing, and no weight, value or location was disclosed.
Oruro’s Fiscalía Especializada de Sustancias Controladas seized marijuana
concealed in a black suitcase in an operation.[1]
The seizure took place on Monday 9 November 2026 during an investigation by the
Public Ministry.[1]Officers found three bags of greenish substance inside the
black suitcase, and a field test confirmed it was marijuana.[1]One person was
detained and is awaiting a custody hearing.[1]
The departmental prosecutor said the exact location of the finding is part of
the investigation’s preparatory stage.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency
Ministerio Público de Oruro
Agency type
Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (0 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
La Patrialapatria.boESFiscalía incauta maletín con marihuana y aprehende a una persona
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No weight, area or monetary value was published for the marijuana seized in the three bags.
The exact location of the seizure was not disclosed; the prosecutor said it is part of the preparatory stage.
The detainee is unnamed and no charge, plea or court outcome has been reported; the custody hearing is still pending.
The account rests on a single La Patria report of the Prosecutor's Office; the page photo is a reference image (labeled 'FELCN, imagen referencial'), not a picture of this seizure.
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