MS-13 suspect, 27, held with 400 marijuana wraps in San Lorenzo
DPI investigators arrested a 27-year-old suspected MS-13 member in barrio Victoria, San Lorenzo, seizing 3,850 drug doses. The haul included 400 wrappers of alleged marijuana alongside alleged crack and cocaine, and the man faces drug-trafficking charges.
Investigators of the Directorate of Police Investigations arrested a suspected
member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) holding more than 3,000 wrappers of
illicit substances.[1]The operation took place in barrio Victoria in the
municipality of San Lorenzo and was led by investigators assigned to
Metropolitan Criminal Investigation Unit No. 23.[1]The suspect is a
27-year-old man originally from Tegucigalpa in the Central District and living
there.[1]The National Police presented the case as an MS-13 member detained
in San Lorenzo with 3,850 doses of drugs.[2]
Officers seized 2,900 transparent plastic wrappers containing white stone
alleged to be crack.[1]They also seized 550 transparent plastic bags
containing white powder alleged to be cocaine.[1]The cannabis part of the
seizure was 400 transparent plastic wrappers containing dry herb alleged to be
marijuana.[1]Police described the combined haul as 3,850 doses.[2]
The man will face charges for alleged drug trafficking against public health.[1]The Directorate said the arrest aimed to take members of criminal
structures that cause alarm off the streets.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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No weight for the alleged marijuana was published, only 400 wrappers, so no cannabis weight can be recorded.
Crack and cocaine amounts are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure and are excluded from cannabis figures; the combined 3,850 total is not counted as cannabis.
No separate date for the operation was published; 7 July 2026 is the publication and post date used as the incident date.
The suspect was not named, only described as a 27-year-old from Tegucigalpa.
No court outcome was reported; the suspect was said to face drug-trafficking charges.
The full Facebook post text beyond its headline could not be read behind login, so seizure details rely on the second source.
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