The Mexican navy seized a boat with 3 tonnes of marijuana in Pacific waters off the coast of Mexico, military officials said on Thursday 18 December 2008.[1] The navy said three Mexicans were arrested in the operation in the Gulf of California near the state of Sonora.[1] The drugs were divided into 326 packages.[1]
Mexican navy seizes a boat with 3 tonnes of marijuana off Sonora
The Mexican navy seized a boat carrying 3 tonnes of marijuana in 326 packages in the Gulf of California near Sonora on 18 December 2008. Three Mexicans were arrested in the operation, military officials said.
🇲🇽 Gulf of California off Sonora · Mexico
- Arrested
- 3
- Cannabis
- 3 t
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 3
- Cannabis
- 3 t
- Agency type
- Military
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (3 t)
- Setting
- Port or sea
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- TopNewstopnews.inMexican navy seizes 3 tonnes of marijuana
Open questions the AI reported
- The report dates the announcement to Thursday, i.e. 18 December 2008; no separate interception time was given.
- The exact interception point in the Gulf of California was not specified.
- The three arrested people were not named and no charges or court outcome were reported.
- Only one source chain could be opened, the dpa account as republished by TopNews.
- No photograph of the operation with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened source.
