Overview

• On August 9, SSC officers patrolling Avenida Insurgentes Norte in Tepeyac Insurgentes detained a 53-year-old suspect after observing him handle a plastic bag containing suspected marijuana.
• A preventive search uncovered three wraps of probable marijuana, 67 capsules of rock-form narcotics and cash, all of which were seized as evidence.
• Intelligence analysis links the suspect to a narcomenudeo cell that uses social media platforms to arrange drug deliveries across multiple Mexico City neighborhoods.
• The arrested individual was informed of his rights and transferred to the Ministerio Público, which is now integrating the investigation file.
• SSC officials say they will continue coordinated cabinet and field operations to map and dismantle small-scale, social-media based drug networks in the capital.