Soldiers seize 12 tons of cannabis near San Felipe, Baja California
Mexican soldiers seized 12 tons of cannabis at Puerto San Felipe on 7 February 2010 and displayed the stacked packages in Tijuana, one of two large trailer seizures in Baja California that February.
Mexican soldiers seized12 tons of cannabis in Puerto San Felipe, near the border
with the United States, and displayed the stacked packages in Tijuana on 7
February 2010.[1]Soldiers stood guard over rows of plastic-wrapped bales laid
out for the presentation.[1]
The seizure was one of two large February trailer cases in Baja California: about
15 tons were found in a similar case the same month, making some 30 tons seized in
under a month.[2]
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Mexican soldiers guard the 12 tons of seized marijuana displayed in Tijuana on 7 February 2010 (AFP photo by Daniel Conejo).Photo details
No arrests, checkpoint details or street value were published in the opened sources.
Only two opened sources documented this seizure; wire-service accounts could not be reopened.
A separate mid-February seizure of about 15 tons hidden behind cookie boxes, presented at the Morelos base on 23 February, is a different event left out here.
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.
National Guard officers found about 1.585 kg of suspected marijuana, 56 vape devices with apparent cannabis oil, three cigarettes and 15 gummies in parcels at Querétaro International Airport, plus an object resembling a firearm. Federal prosecutors opened an investigation into offences against health and transport of a firearm, and no arrests were reported.