Soldiers of the Mexican Army, National Guard members and municipal police officers detained a suspected street-level drug dealer during a joint operation in the locality of San Vicente, in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit.[1] State police officers also took part in the surveillance patrol alongside the municipal and federal forces.[2] Officers spotted a man wearing navy blue jeans, a black shirt and sandals who was acting in a way they considered suspicious.[1] The man tried to flee when he saw the authorities, but officers caught up with him.[2] Seeing his evasive behaviour, the officers ordered him to stop and carried out a preventive inspection.[2]
Searching his belongings, officers found a white bag containing six doses of marijuana and 15 packets of a substance with characteristics similar to crystal, a methamphetamine known in Mexico as cristal, along with a blue mobile phone.[1] The six cannabis wrappers held dry green plant material resembling marijuana, while the other 15 packets contained a granulated substance, making 21 doses in total.[2] Authorities said the six doses of marijuana and 15 wrappers of crystal were allegedly intended for sale.[1]
Following the discovery, the man was arrested and handed over to a public prosecutor (Ministerio Público) to determine his legal status for probable liability in offences against health.[1] He and the seized substances were transferred immediately to the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), the federal prosecutor’s office tasked with conducting the investigation.[2] The participating forces said such coordinated operations are part of security measures in Bahía de Banderas to combat narcomenudeo, or street-level drug dealing, and keep drugs off the municipality’s streets.[1] Authorities described the operation as part of ongoing prevention and surveillance patrols carried out by municipal, state and federal agencies across different parts of the municipality.[2]
