Two arrested with 20 marijuana packages in Pasaco, Jutiapa
Police arrested Jaime “N”, 52, and Máximo “N”, 25, at a control post at kilometre 132.1 in Pasaco, Jutiapa, seizing 20 packages of marijuana plus two of crack and two phones. The men were moving a pickup on a tow truck, and both vehicles were impounded with the case sent to prosecutors.
Guatemala’s National Civil Police reported that two men were captured on Monday
19 October 2026 during an operation in which drugs were seized.[1]The
operation took place in Pasaco, Jutiapa, where anti-narcotics agents captured
Jaime “N”, aged 52, and Máximo “N”, aged 25, during a control and inspection
procedure.[1]DIPAFRONT agents made the capture with support from the
Subdirección General de Análisis de Información Antinarcótica (SGAIA).[2]The
control and inspection operation was carried out at kilometre 132.1 in the
jurisdiction of Pasaco, Jutiapa.[2]The two men were transporting a pickup on
a tow truck, which officers decided to inspect.[1]
A search of the vehicles found 20 packages of marijuana, two packages of crack
and two mobile phones.[1]Officers impounded both vehicles for the
corresponding legal proceedings.[1]
The detainees and the seized evidence were placed at the disposal of prosecutors
to continue the investigation and legal proceedings.[2]Authorities are
continuing inquiries to establish the origin and destination of the substances
and the detainees’ possible links to trafficking networks.[2]
Photos and video
Photo of the drug packages seized from vehicles in Pasaco, Jutiapa. Photo: PNC via Prensa Libre.Photo details
No weight for the seized marijuana was published, only 20 packages, so no kilograms can be recorded and the combined 22-package total is not used as a cannabis figure.
No value for the drugs, phones or vehicles was published.
Charges, custody status and court outcome for the two men were not reported.
The same Prensa Libre article reports a separate detention of Carmelo “N” with eight bags of marijuana in La Ceibita, San José Acatempa, left out here as a different event.
On 21 October 2026 prosecutors and police at the Nuevo San Carlos inter-agency checkpoint on the CA-2 route arrested three Guatemalans in a pickup and seized 15 field-test-positive bags of marijuana, prefilled cannabis cigarettes, e-cigarettes and phones.
Police arrested Zulmy Judith Méndez Díaz and Sandra Patricia Barillas del Cid as they tried to bring 15 packets of marijuana into the Las Gaviotas youth centre in Guatemala City for their detained sons. A duty court later bound both women over for trial on drug charges and ordered pretrial detention.
Guatemala's National Civil Police said officers arrested Alexis “N”, 25, in barrio Candelaria, Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango, on 27 September 2026 after finding four bags of marijuana in the pickup he was driving. The arrest was one of several the police reported that Sunday across five departments for crimes including kidnapping, extortion and fraud.
SGAIA anti-narcotics officers arrested a 33-year-old truck driver at kilometre 243.5 in Pajapita, San Marcos, after finding 21 bags of marijuana hidden in the cab's sleeping compartment. The drug-crime prosecution office said the 4 September inspection confirmed the drug by field test and seized the vehicle.
