6.88 tonnes of marijuana seized at Veracruz port bound for Dominican Republic
Mexico’s Navy seized about 6.88 tonnes of suspected marijuana hidden in pine doors in a container at the port of Veracruz on 22 July 2024. The load, bound for the Dominican Republic, was the largest of four export-concealment seizures reported at the port between July 2024 and January 2025.
On 22 July 2024 Mexico’s Navy Ministry announced the seizure of about 6.88
tonnes of suspected marijuana at the port of Veracruz.[1]The cannabis was
concealed in pine-wood doors inside a container bound for the Dominican
Republic.[1]Officers found the load after anomalies appeared during a scan,
which led them to open the container and recover the wrapped packages.[1]
The case was the largest of four seizures announced at the port between July
2024 and January 2025 that used export merchandise to hide marijuana for
shipment abroad.[1]In three of those four cases, including this one, the
authorities named the Dominican Republic as the destination.[1]The account,
built from transparency responses, says the documentation traces some movements
of the cargo but leaves unanswered who produced or paid for the shipments and
who was to receive them.[1]None of the reports it reviewed establishes that
the marijuana had been grown in Veracruz.[1]
Official reports allow the export route to be followed to its seizure at the
port of Veracruz, but not the farm-to-port chain between cultivation in
marginalized municipalities, transport and embarkation.[1]
Photos and video
Page image captioned as camouflage of drugs in wood and quarry stone at the Veracruz dock, illustrating the concealment methods described for the port seizures.Photo details
Chihuahua state prosecutors seized 49 grams of marijuana and military-style clothing in a court-ordered search of a house in the Reforma neighbourhood of Cuauhtémoc. No arrests were reported, and the evidence was turned over to the retail-drug unit.
Capital Guardia Municipal officers seized about 47.3 grams of marijuana abandoned in a bag in the Juan Ruiz de Alarcón park in colonia Virreyes, San Luis Potosí. The man seen allegedly consuming the drug fled and was not detained; the packaged herb was sent to the State Attorney General's Office for investigation.
Guanajuato state police say K9 dog Momo flagged 12 parcels in a Salamanca messaging firm holding 111 vapes, 42 apparently with marijuana, plus parts for two long guns. The seized items were placed at the disposal of the corresponding authorities; no detainees were reported.
Municipal, state and army officers seized 31 parcels of suspected marijuana and 23 wrappers of a substance like crystal in San Juan de Abajo, Bahía de Banderas, plus an abandoned Honda XR motorcycle. No one was arrested after the rider reportedly fled, and prosecutors were left to identify him.
