Woman held as FGR finds a kilo of marijuana in a Tehuacán home
Federal prosecutors searched a home in Tehuacán, Puebla, under a judge’s warrant and detained a woman identified as María “N”. Officers seized about one kilogram of marijuana and 21 grams of crystal, and handed her and the drugs to the federal Public Ministry.
Federal prosecutors in Puebla searched a home in the municipality of Tehuacán
and detained a woman identified only as María “N”.[1]The search was carried
out under a warrant granted by a federal district judge, after an anonymous
tip-off opened the investigation.[1]
Officers seized four wraps of marijuana weighing about one kilogram.[1]They
also seized seven wraps holding about 21 grams of a crystalline substance
similar to “crystal”, the street name for methamphetamine.[2]Army, National
Guard, state police and Tehuacán municipal police officers provided perimeter
security during the operation.[1]The federal prosecutors’ office said its
Federal Ministerial Police took part in the search.[3]
The woman and the seized items were placed at the disposal of the federal Public
Ministry, which continued the investigation.[1]
Photos and video
Wraps of marijuana and crystal laid out after the FGR search of a home in Tehuacán. Photo: X @FGR_PuePhoto details
The article gives no date for the search; 5 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The marijuana weight is given as approximately one kilogram (cuatro envoltorios … un peso aproximado de un kilo), not a measured figure.
No street, neighbourhood or colonia inside Tehuacán is named, so the coordinates mark the municipal centre.
No charges or court ruling were reported; the case was at the federal investigation stage.
All opened accounts reproduce the same FGR statement, so they are not independent of one another.
No street value was given for the marijuana.
The published photo is credited to the FGR Puebla account on X and is shown with the caption that wraps of marijuana and crystal were seized; it is listed once.
State prosecutors and federal and state officers searched a property in San Jerónimo Tianguismanalco, in the municipality of San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla, and detained four people on suspicion of drug dealing. Officers seized 47 small bags of a granular substance similar to crystal and a gram scale.
State prosecutors, soldiers, National Guard troops and Puebla state police searched a property in San Luis Coyotzingo, in the municipality of Huejotzingo, on a warrant and seized 19 doses with characteristics of marijuana, 63 bags of crystal and a gram scale. The building was sealed and left with the authorities, and no arrests were reported.
Michoacán's state attorney general's office raided three properties in Los Reyes simultaneously, in the Monte Verde housing development and the Villa Oriente neighbourhood, and said it seized about 1.7 kilograms of marijuana along with weapons and tactical gear. The properties were identified as operating sites of a group attributed to Fausto Alejandro "N", known as "El Bolillo".
Federal officers raiding a suspected crypto-mining site called La Gallera in Tlaola, Puebla, on 5 November detained one man who had a bag of presumed marijuana. The raid seized mining and electrical equipment and is being investigated as possible electricity theft, with no weight or charge reported for the marijuana.
