Ecuador court gives 19 years for 2.72 kg of marijuana
A court in Quevedo sentenced David T. to 19 years in prison for trafficking 2,720 grams of marijuana found in a house in the 7 de Octubre parish in September 2025. The offence of high-scale trafficking carries 19 to 22 years.
A court in Quevedo, in Ecuador’s Los Ríos province, sentenced David T. to 19 years
in prison for trafficking marijuana, the prosecutor’s office said on 16 October
2026.[1]
The case began on 26 September 2025, when soldiers acting on a tip searched a house
in the 7 de Octubre parish of Quevedo and found a person and several packages of
marijuana inside, according to the prosecutor’s office.[1]Police officers then
inspected the property and found wrappers containing marijuana and other evidence.[1]
A chemical analysis confirmed the substance was marijuana and recorded a weight of
2,720 grams, or 2.72 kilograms.[1]The prosecutor’s office charged David T. with
trafficking controlled substances at high scale under article 220(1)(c) of the
criminal code, an offence punishable by 19 to 22 years.[1]
The Tribunal de Garantías Penales accepted the prosecution’s evidence, including
testimony from the soldiers and police who carried out the search and the weighing
report, and convicted him.[1]
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Ecuador's National Police stopped an interprovincial bus at the Km 24 circuit and found 4,153 grams of marijuana hidden in a passenger's backpack. A Colombian man identified as the luggage's owner was detained and placed at the disposal of the judicial authority.
A court in Loja sentenced Pablo S. to 22 years in prison on 28 September 2026 for trafficking 731 kg of cannabis found hidden in metal scaffolding near the Peruvian border. Four co-defendants were acquitted.
A court in Macará sentenced Eduardo V. to 22 years for large-scale drug trafficking after police found 1,299.65 kg of marijuana hidden in metal beams in a truck. Prosecutors said the load was bound for Peru and then Chile.
An Ecuadorian court in July 2019 sentenced three survivors of the crashed 'narcobús' to prison, including the driver at 17 years and four months, and acquitted a fourth defendant. The bus, which left Cali for Peru, was carrying 579.119 kg of marijuana when it crashed near Quito in August 2018; by August 2019, 16 people had been arrested and eight convicted in Ecuador and Colombia.
Arrested 16Cannabis 579.119 kgPrison 17 years 4 monthsFine USD 23,640
