863 detained in Tijuana October sweep, 1.01 kg marijuana seized
Tijuana municipal police detained 863 people during October operations and seized 1,560 doses and 1.01 kg of marijuana as part of over 37 kg of drugs. The marijuana was a small part of a wider haul dominated by 36.7 kg of methamphetamine, alongside firearms seizures and 114 recovered vehicles.
Tijuana municipal police detained 863 people as alleged offenders during October
in preventive operations and surveillance across the city.[1]Officers also
arrested 130 people with outstanding warrants for crimes including drug dealing,
robbery, vehicle robbery, homicide and unlawful deprivation of liberty.[1]All
detainees were placed at the disposal of the investigating authorities.[1]
In actions against street drug dealing, officers seized 1,560 doses and 1.01
kilograms of marijuana.[1]Police also seized 58 firearms and four replica
weapons and recovered 114 vehicles with robbery reports.[1]
The figures are those reported by Tijuana’s Municipal Secretariat of Security
and Citizen Protection, which said it maintains permanent operations coordinated
with federal, state and municipal authorities against distribution and sale.[1]The secretariat said the actions followed strategies set in the Municipal
Security Roundtable and instructions from Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz to
strengthen crime prevention in Tijuana.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
863
Cannabis
1.01 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
BajaNews MXbajanews.mxESPolicía Municipal detuvo a 863 personas y aseguró más de 37 kilos de droga durante octubre
Open questions the AI reported
The figures cover the whole month of October 2026; 31 October 2026 is used as the incident date while 2 November 2026 is the publication date of both sources.
The 863 detentions cover all alleged crimes, not cannabis-specific cases; no cannabis-specific arrest count was published.
Only the cannabis weight of 1.01 kg is counted in figures; 1,560 marijuana doses have no stated weight and are not converted, and the 37 kg-plus combined total and other substances are excluded from cannabis figures.
No outcome for charges, prosecutions or sentences was reported.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Uniradio Informa: Those detained included 88 alleged generators of violence, three people flagged for homicide, 13 for attempted homicide, 44 for carrying firearms and 72 for vehicle robbery.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Uniradio Informa: The same October total included 3,599 doses and 36.7 kilograms of methamphetamine, 162 doses of heroin, five doses of cocaine and 30 fentanyl pills, making up more than 37 kilograms of prohibited substances overall.
Guardia Civil Estatal officers detained three suspected drug sellers in San Vicente and Ciudad Valles, in San Luis Potosí's Huasteca. They seized two marijuana doses from a couple and 11 bags of marijuana from a third man, along with cristal that is not counted as cannabis.
State police and federal forces detained two people during patrols in Acapulco's Paso Limonero and Cervantes neighbourhoods, seizing 41 small bags of suspected marijuana, 20 doses of suspected crystal and a motorcycle. Authorities reported 30 bags of suspected marijuana and the motorcycle in Paso Limonero, and 11 bags in Cervantes.
Guardia Civil Estatal officers detained Daniel “N” in Ciudad Valles and Pedro “N” in Ciudad Fernández, with the Army joining the second stop. Officers seized methamphetamine doses, bags of marijuana and a Chevrolet pickup, reporting 78 drug doses overall; both men were handed to investigators.
Security forces detained a man in San Vicente, a town in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, after finding six doses of suspected marijuana and 15 packets of suspected crystal methamphetamine among his belongings. He was handed over to prosecutors to face an investigation for offences against health as part of joint patrols against street-level drug dealing.
