Agents of the Policía Nacional Civil, El Salvador’s national civil police, arrested César Danilo López Hernández, 34, inside a higher-education centre in San Salvador on Friday 6 November 2026.[1] Police said he was carrying marijuana and cash hidden in a backpack.[1]

According to the police report, officers located him while he was acting in a way they called suspicious, and he tried to flee when he noticed them but was detained.[1]

The man will be referred for the alleged offence of possession and holding with intent to traffic, the initial stage of the case.[1] The institution did not publicly identify the university, nor state how much marijuana or money was seized.[1] Police did not say whether the detainee is a student, employee or visitor of the institution.[1]

El Mundo reported that police also seized a mobile phone from him.[2] The arrest was made inside the grounds of a university in the San Salvador district, the police said.[2] The detainee was to be placed at the disposal of the courts for possession and holding with intent to traffic.[2]

According to El Mundo, the university arrest came earlier the same morning as two other marijuana arrests in the capital, at a home in Santa Tecla and in the case of the couple accused of using minors.[3]