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Police arrested a 27-year-old Choloma resident on an outstanding warrant for drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm; the arrest warrant was issued by a local court in July 2023.

Military police seized firearms, ammunition, cocaine, crack, marijuana, nearly 13,200 lempiras (about $530), and cellphones in a raid on Brisas del Rosario neighborhood in Villanueva, Cortés; no arrests were reported.

A gunfight between police in the Metropolitan Prevention Unit 8 and suspected gang members in the Cerrito Lindo neighborhood left one person dead, five arrested, and two officers wounded during an operation against criminal groups.

National Police arrested two men in Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho, on suspicion of trafficking cocaine after finding 10 and 5 small bags of white powder in their possession during a raid.

National Police arrested a 30-year-old security guard in Choloma during a preventive operation and seized several packets of suspected marijuana and cocaine; he faces charges of drug trafficking.

A 20-year-old suspected member of the 18th Street Gang (Pandilla 18) was arrested in the Planeta neighborhood of San Pedro Sula; authorities seized approximately 7,928 lempiras (about $318), cocaine, and a mototaxi vehicle.

Police arrested four men in Juticalpa, Olancho, accused of drug distribution, cattle theft, and illegal weapons possession; officers seized two 9mm firearms during the operation.

Police arrested a 31-year-old man accused of distributing cocaine for MS-13 in the El Progreso municipality of Yoro, seizing 16 packets of white powder and 400 lempiras during the operation.

A 15-year-old from San Manuel, Cortés, who vanished on June 5 after delivering donuts, was located with her Salvadoran boyfriend; her family had received ransom demands for 1.5 million lempiras, but she later said she left voluntarily, and prosecutors declined to charge the boyfriend.