Tijuana patrols net 92 marijuana wrappers and five arrests
Tijuana municipal police detained five people during preventive patrols on 10 November 2026 and seized 147 wrappers of suspected drugs. Four of the five carried 92 wrappers of marijuana-like material, while the remaining 55 held a methamphetamine-like substance called cristal, 42 of them on the fifth detainee.
🇲🇽 Tijuana, Baja California · Mexico
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Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana Municipal (SSPCM)
Officers of Tijuana’s municipal police detained five people on suspicion of
crimes against health during preventive patrols in different parts of the city.[1]The detentions took place on 10 November 2026 in five neighbourhoods and
housing estates of the city.[2]Wilber “N”, 27, was held in the Hacienda Las
Delicias III housing estate for an administrative offence, with 21 wrappers of a
substance resembling marijuana and 13 resembling cristal.[1]
Cristian Adrián “N”, 27, was stopped in Terrazas del Valle after breaching the
municipal police and government code, with 31 wrappers of green, dry herb
resembling marijuana.[1]Lauriano “N”, 56, stopped in colonia Del Río for an
administrative offence, had 20 marijuana-like wrappers.[1]Omar “N”, 32,
stopped in Delicias third section for an administrative infraction, had another
20 marijuana-like wrappers.[1]The four marijuana cases accounted for 92 of
the 147 wrappers reported by the municipal police.[1]Emiliano “N”, 58, was
detained in colonia Mariano Matamoros with 42 wrappers of a cristal-like
substance.[1]The other 13 cristal-like wrappers were found on Wilber “N”, who
also carried the marijuana-like wrappers.[1]
The five were handed to the state prosecutor’s office (FGE), which will follow
the investigation and decide their legal situation.[1]The municipal
secretariat urged residents to report drug sales anonymously on 089 and to use
the emergency button for police help.[1]
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Source: Diario TijuanaWrappers of suspected drugs laid out in an SSPCM handout photo published with the report of the 147 wrappers seized in Tijuana. Photo: SSPCMPhoto details
No weight was published for the marijuana wrappers, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The substances are described only as resembling marijuana and cristal, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
El Mexicano published an editor's note disputing the 147 total, putting the marijuana wrappers at 127 and the cristal wrappers at 55, or 182 in all; the per-person counts it prints and those in the Diario Tijuana account add up to 92 marijuana wrappers and 55 cristal wrappers, 147 in all.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; the state prosecutor's office was to determine the five men's legal situation.
The five are identified only by a first name and the initial N, and the accounts give no plea or criminal record.
Both accounts reproduce the same municipal police statement, so the details rest on one official account; no independent witness or defence account was found.
No figure for the value of the drugs was published.
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