Argentine National Gendarmerie
🇦🇷 Argentina · Gendarmerie · 64 reports
- People arrested
- 102
- Plants destroyed
- 1,094
- Cannabis seized
- 85.4283 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Four held at Ruta 40 checkpoint with 23 grams of cannabis
Police detained four men at a vehicle checkpoint on National Route 40 near Villa La Angostura after field tests found cannabis and cocaine in their belongings. The 23.32 grams of cannabis and 1.01 grams of cocaine were seized and the men were taken to Police Station 28.
Arrested 4Cannabis 23.32 gGendarmerie seizes 514 kg of marijuana in Campo Grande
Gendarmerie officers seized 514.7 kg of marijuana from an abandoned Toyota Hilux in Campo Grande, Misiones, after the driver fled a checkpoint at routes 7 and 8. The driver escaped on foot into woodland and remains at large while the Oberá fiscal office pursues a drug-law case.
Cannabis 514.7 kgGendarmerie raids two Río Grande homes, seizing 10 cannabis plants
Gendarmería Nacional officers searched two homes in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, and seized 10 cannabis plants weighing 10.641 kg, 31.4 g of buds, seeds, phones and indoor growing equipment. Two people were placed at the disposal of the federal prosecutor's office in Río Grande; the release names no arrests.
Cannabis 10.641 kgGendarmerie finds 1,644 kg in a truck false floor near San Vicente; 5 held, 13 raids
Gendarmería Nacional officers dismantled a truck trailer and found 2,087 bricks and 24 bags of marijuana buds weighing 1,644 kg 788 g, closing a ten-month inquiry into a ring based in San Vicente, Misiones. Thirteen court-ordered searches in Misiones and Buenos Aires province followed, bringing the total to 2,190 kg 238 g, with five people detained.
Arrested 5Cannabis 2.190238 tSites 13Vehicles confiscated 6Río Gallegos court sends a cannabis consumer's 1 million pesos to a hospital
The Federal Oral Court of Santa Cruz approved an abbreviated trial and gave a 35-year-old construction worker a unified three-year suspended term for possessing 145 grams of marijuana found in a 2024 weapons search. At his request, he must pay one million pesos in five instalments to the neonatal ward of the Río Gallegos hospital.
Charged 1Prison 3 years (suspended)Fine ARS 1,000,000Two held with 5.2 kg of cannabis in motorcycle bags at Salvador Mazza
Gendarmes on a foot patrol along the Algarrobal road in Salvador Mazza, Salta, stopped a motorcycle carrying two men and found 5 kg 215 g of cannabis in five packages inside their backpacks. The federal prosecutor's office in Tartagal ordered both men detained and the drug, the motorcycle and a phone seized.
Arrested 2Cannabis 5.215 kgGendarmes open 5 parcels in Jujuy and seize 117 kg of cannabis
Gendarmes of Escuadrón 60 "San Pedro" opened five parcels seized from a courier service on Ruta Nacional 34 at Chalicán, Jujuy, and found 111 packages of cannabis sativa weighing 117 kilos 402 grams. A Jujuy federal guarantees court authorised the opening; the federal prosecutor's office ordered the drug seized and no arrest was reported in this procedure.
Cannabis 117.402 kgOne held as Gendarmeria seizes 24 plants and 604 seeds in Campanas
Gendarmeria officers raided a home in Campanas, Famatina, La Rioja, and seized 24 cannabis plants and seedlings, 604 marijuana seeds, a precision scale and other cultivation items. One adult was detained, with the federal court and prosecutor's office in La Rioja taking charge of the case.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 24Sites 1Seeds 604Two held on Ruta 7 in Misiones with 231 kg of marijuana in car
Gendarmería officers chased a car that fled a checkpoint on Ruta Provincial Nº 7 in Misiones and detained its two occupants after they entered a rural road and tried to dump their load. Officers seized 312 packages of marijuana weighing 231 kilos 214 grams, and the Oberá federal court ordered the drug and car seized.
Arrested 2Cannabis 231.214 kgVehicles confiscated 1Three women flee Salta border patrol, leaving 4.21 kg of marijuana in backpacks
Gendarmes of the Agua Blanca section of the 20 "Orán" Squadron seized 4.21 kg of marijuana in two school backpacks dropped by three women at the Chalanas Viejas crossing into Aguas Blancas, Salta, on the Bolivian border. The women fled and none was arrested; the Orán decentralised prosecutor's office ordered the drug held and an investigation opened.
Cannabis 4.21 kgGendarmes find .22 carbine and 41 g of marijuana in a Ruta 12 car check
Gendarmes stopped a car at night at kilometre 85.500 of Ruta Nacional 12 near Zárate, Buenos Aires province, and found an unlicensed .22-calibre carbine with 35 rounds. A sniffer dog led them to 41 grams of marijuana in the driver's backpack, and a Zárate prosecutor ordered the weapon, ammunition and drug seized and left the driver at the disposal of the case.
Arrested 1Cannabis 41 g17 kg of cannabis in parcels led to Formosa and Santa Cruz raids; four held
Gendarmes stopped a parcel-transport vehicle on Route 11 at Tatane, Formosa, and found 17 kilos 090 grams of cannabis sativa hidden in two parcels. A court-ordered controlled delivery led to simultaneous raids in Clorinda, Formosa, and 28 de Noviembre, Santa Cruz, where four adults were detained as sender and recipients.
Arrested 4Cannabis 17.168 kgSites 3Two held as 925 kg of marijuana and 5 kg of hashish found in a pickup at San Antonio
Gendarmería officers stopped a Toyota Hilux on Ruta Nacional 101 at San Antonio, Misiones, at 1 a.m. and found 23 boxes holding 925 kilos 400 grams of cannabis sativa and 5 kilos 250 grams of hashish, a combined haul of about 930 kg. An Argentine and a Paraguayan occupant were detained, and the Federal Court and prosecutor's office in Puerto Iguazú took part in the case.
Arrested 2Cannabis 930.65 kgVehicles confiscated 1649.8 kg of marijuana abandoned in Misiones seized in two Gendarmerie finds
Gendarmeria Nacional officers found 649 kilos 800 grams of marijuana abandoned in two operations in northern Misiones on 12 March 2026: 154.4 kg in the forest at Caraguatay and 495.4 kg thrown from a canoe onto the Parana bank at Colonia Mado. The canoe's occupants fled to Paraguay, and the Eldorado federal court and prosecutor ordered the drug seized under drug law 23.737.
Cannabis 649.8 kgGendarmes seize 309 kg of marijuana on Parana bank in Misiones
Gendarmeria Nacional gendarmes seized 309.31 kg of marijuana in 352 bricks on a Parana riverbank near Puerto Rico, Misiones, after smugglers unloading a boat fled toward Paraguay. The Federal Court and prosecutor in Obera ordered the drug seized under Law 23.737; no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 309.31 kgGendarmes find 17.86 kg of marijuana in a car boot at Huacra; driver held
Gendarmería officers stopped a car on Ruta Nacional 38 at Huacra, Tucumán, and found 17 marijuana bricks weighing 17 kilos 861 grams in the boot. The driver, travelling from San Miguel de Tucumán toward Catamarca, was detained on a magistrate's order and the car and drug were seized.
Arrested 1Cannabis 17.861 kgVehicles confiscated 1Gendarmes seize 308 kg of marijuana thrown onto Parana bank near Colonia Mado
Gendarmeria Nacional officers found 150 marijuana bricks weighing 308 kilos 400 grams on the Parana riverbank at El Frances, in Colonia Mado, Misiones, after three men in a canoe threw the bundles ashore and fled to Paraguay. The federal court and prosecutor in Eldorado ordered the drug seized; no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 308.4 kg3.3 kg of marijuana seized from bus on Route 38 in La Rioja
Gendarmería Nacional officers seized 3.294 kg of marijuana from an unclaimed bag on a San Salvador de Jujuy to Mendoza bus at kilometre 434 of National Route 38 in La Rioja. The Federal Court of La Rioja ordered the seizure, identification of the drivers and a passenger list, with no arrests reported and the bus allowed to continue.
Cannabis 3.294 kg2,687 kg of cannabis seized from timber truck in Misiones; 2 held
Gendarmería Nacional Argentina seized 2,687 kilos of cannabis hidden in wooden crates inside a timber truck at Paraje Centinela, Misiones. The two Argentine occupants travelling from 9 de Julio to San Fernando were detained under drug law 23.737.
Arrested 2Cannabis 2.687046 tMan arrested picking up 5.035 kg marijuana parcel in Reconquista
Gendarmerie officers intercepted 5.035 kg of cannabis buds in a parcel at General Lucio V. Mansilla, Formosa, replaced it with inert material and followed it under controlled delivery. An adult man was arrested when he came to collect the parcel at a private-mail branch in Reconquista, Santa Fe, and was placed at the court's disposal.
Arrested 1Cannabis 5.035 kgGendarmes seize 361.7 kg of marijuana from a pickup at 3,775 m near Salta
Gendarmería Nacional officers arrested one man and seized 361.769 kg of cannabis sativa from an abandoned pickup bed at 3,775 metres in the mining area of San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, near the Chilean border. The Salta Federal Prosecutor's Office ordered both pickups and the drug seized and the man detained; the other driver escaped.
Arrested 1Cannabis 361.769 kgVehicles confiscated 2Gendarmería finds 2,697 kg of marijuana hidden among wire coils in Chaco
Gendarmería Nacional officers stopped a Paraguayan lorry at kilometre 1,060 of Ruta Nacional 11 in Lapachito, Chaco, and found 2,697 kg 926 g of cannabis sativa in 115 boxes hidden among wire coils on the trailer. The Federal Court No. 1 of Resistencia ordered the drug and three phones seized and the Paraguayan driver detained.
Arrested 1Cannabis 2.697926 tThree held in San Juan with 15.8 kg of marijuana in a collected parcel
Gendarmería Nacional officers arrested three people collecting a parcel bound for Caucete, San Juan province, that held 15 kilos 800 grams of marijuana, in an inquiry into a Misiones-based trafficking organisation. The Federal Prosecutor's Office in San Juan ordered all three held under the drug law and the marijuana, 62,000 pesos, four phones and a car seized.
Arrested 3Cannabis 15.8 kgVehicles confiscated 1Cash confiscated ARS 62,000Bus passenger held with 473 g of marijuana in Catamarca
Gendarmes of Escuadrón 67 Catamarca stopped an Orán–Mendoza passenger bus at Palo Labrado and detained an adult passenger carrying two packages of cannabis. Field testing was positive for cannabis sativa weighing about 473 grams, seized on the Federal Court of Catamarca's orders.
Arrested 1Cannabis 473 gBus passenger held with 20.2 kg of marijuana in Formosa
Gendarmes stopped a long-distance bus on National Route 11 at Lucio V. Mansilla, Formosa, and found 24 packages of marijuana weighing 20 kilos 195 grams in a suitcase and a rucksack belonging to an adult male passenger. Federal Court No. 2 of Formosa ordered the drug seized and the passenger detained.
Arrested 1Cannabis 20.195 kgGendarmes find 2.06 kg of marijuana in a suitcase on a bus in Misiones
Gendarmes of Squadron 8 "Alto Uruguay" stopped a long-distance bus on Provincial Route 10 in Misiones and found 2 kilos 060 grams of marijuana in a suitcase in the hold, hidden behind fruit and vegetables in a double bottom. The Federal Court and Federal Prosecutor's Office of Posadas ordered the drug seized and inquiries continued to find who owned the luggage; no arrest was reported.
Cannabis 2.06 kgGendarmerie finds 97 kg of packed marijuana in six parcels at Iguazú
Officers of Gendarmería Nacional Argentina's Squadron 13 "Iguazú" opened six parcels bound for Buenos Aires province, sent through a courier company, and found 173 plastic containers of marijuana weighing 97 kilos 486 grams. The El Dorado federal court and prosecutor ordered the drug seized under drug law 23.737; no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 97.486 kgGendarmerie seizes 510 kg of marijuana in Colonia Delicia
Gendarmerie patrol officers in the El Francés sector of Colonia Delicia, Misiones, found 30 abandoned bundles holding 510.829 kg of marijuana after the carriers fled. The drug was placed at the disposal of the Eldorado federal court and prosecutor while the investigation continues.
Cannabis 510.829 kgGendarmes seize 3,395 kg of marijuana in five Misiones operations
Gendarmería Nacional Argentina seized 3,395.21 kg of marijuana in five coordinated procedures across Misiones province, including a 2,221.6 kg stash near Garuhapé and a 20 kg bus bust at the Santa Ana toll. One 36-year-old bus passenger was detained on federal court orders; the other suspects fled and no further arrests were reported.
Arrested 1Cannabis 3.39521 tGendarmes find 271 kg of cannabis in a fleeing pickup at Zapaleri
Gendarmes of Squadron 21 "La Quiaca" chased three unlit pickups on the tri-border crossing at Zapaleri, Jujuy, and intercepted a Toyota Hilux whose occupants fled on foot. The vehicle held 271 kilos 100 grams of cannabis sativa in 256 packages; no arrests were reported and the federal prosecution office ordered the drug and the stolen pickup seized.
Cannabis 271.1 kgGendarmería seizes 301 kg of marijuana and holds eight in Santiago del Estero
Gendarmería Nacional searched 10 properties in Santiago del Estero city, La Banda and Añatuya after a year-long investigation and detained eight people accused of distributing drugs. Officers seized 301 kilos 712 grams of marijuana, three firearms, 10 vehicles, phones and 2,767,150 pesos in cash; El Liberal put the raid on 31 October 2024.
Arrested 8Cannabis 301.712 kgSites 10Vehicles confiscated 10Gendarmerie seizes 7,949 kg of marijuana from a truck near Montecarlo
Gendarmería Nacional Argentina found 7,949 kilos 250 grams of cannabis sativa in a Brazilian-flagged refrigerated lorry stopped on Route 12 near Montecarlo, Misiones, on 3 July 2024. The Federal Court of Eldorado ordered the Brazilian driver held incommunicado and the drug and lorry seized under law 23.737.
Arrested 1Cannabis 7.94925 tThree Clan Estrada members arrested in Peru and Laferrere
Gendarmerie investigators detained three Peruvian members of the Marcos Estrada Gonzalez clan in June 2024, two in Peru on INTERPOL notices and one near the Laferrere station in La Matanza. They are accused of distributing and supervising cocaine and marijuana and guarding collection money at the gang's Villa 1-11-14 kioscos.
Arrested 367 g of cannabis buds found in a parcel opened at Rosario customs
Gendarmes and Rosario customs staff opened a parcel impounded earlier at the General Lagos toll-booth control and found 67 grams of cannabis buds hidden in clothing and a computer tower. Federal courts Nos. 3 and 4 of Rosario ordered the drug confiscated; other impounded parcels held 299 thermoses and 385 tyres were handed to customs.
Cannabis 67 gGendarmerie seizes 29.6 kg of marijuana in three Misiones and Corrientes operations
Gendarmería Nacional officers found 29 kilos 623 grams of marijuana in three separate operations on 2 November 2023: packages strapped to two bus passengers on Route 12, two bundles abandoned on the Puerto Rico coast, and 16 packages in a Posadas courier parcel. The two bus passengers were detained; those who fled at Puerto Rico were not caught and no parcel arrest was reported.
Arrested 2Cannabis 29.623 kgGendarmerie seizes 20.6 kg of marijuana in three Misiones procedures
Gendarmería officers found 20 kilos 564 grams of marijuana in three procedures in Misiones on 19 July 2023: a bus passenger's handbag at the Posadas terminal, a courier parcel at El Arco, and a bundle thrown from a motorcycle on Ruta Provincial N° 11 near El Alcázar. Two women were released subject to the case, two motorcyclists fled, and no arrest was reported in the parcel case.
Cannabis 20.564 kgGendarmería seizes 16.8 kg of marijuana in parcels and a car
Gendarmes at Santo Tomé in Corrientes opened plant parcels held on Ruta Nacional 14 and found 11 kilos 12 grams of cannabis sativa in nine packages and three more hidden in shoe soles. In Chaco, a stop on Ruta Nacional 11 at Lapachito turned up 5 kilos 775 grams in a passenger's bag, and the Federal Court No. 1 of Resistencia ordered the drug seized and the woman held.
Arrested 1Cannabis 16.787 kg3,285 kg of marijuana seized in two Misiones operations; 2 held
Gendarmería Nacional seized 3,094.89 kg of marijuana from three pickups at Paraje Sulma and 191.02 kg hidden in vegetation at Paraje Pareha, Colonia Victoria, on 6 March 2023. Two men were detained on the Oberá federal court's order and the drugs and vehicles were seized.
Arrested 2Cannabis 3.28591 tVehicles confiscated 3Three held in San Francisco, Córdoba, as two cars yield 500.9 kg of marijuana
Highway police and Gendarmería Nacional stopped two cars on Ruta Nacional 158 near San Francisco, Córdoba, and seized 500 kilos 910 grams of marijuana in 586 packages. A federal court ordered two adults detained and a minor sent to an institution, and gendarmes carried out four searches in Córdoba and Santa Fe.
Arrested 3Cannabis 500.91 kgTwo held as 81 kg of marijuana found in a truck cab at Bompland
Gendarmes stopped a cargo truck travelling from Uruguaiana in Brazil to San Francisco in Córdoba at the inactive Bompland toll booth on Ruta Nacional 14 in Corrientes, and a drug dog marked the cab. A search found 111 packages weighing 81 kilos 72 grams of cannabis sativa and two Argentine men were held on the order of the Federal Court of Paso de los Libres.
Arrested 2Cannabis 81.072 kgVehicles confiscated 1Five held in Concepción del Uruguay with 1.3 kg of marijuana in five raids
Gendarmería Nacional officers and Entre Ríos provincial police searched five properties in Concepción del Uruguay and seized 1 kilo 303 grams of cannabis sativa, marijuana seeds and plants, cash and ammunition. A provincial guarantee court ordered the detention of five people the force described as members of a criminal drug organisation.
Arrested 5Cannabis 1.303 kgGendarmerie seizes 360.7 kg of marijuana in two Route 12 operations
Gendarmería Nacional officers seized 360 kilos 741 grams of cannabis in two Route 12 operations on 14 September 2022: 98.584 kg in an abandoned car at Ensenada Grande, Corrientes, and 262.157 kg in a car whose driver fled at the Santa Ana toll booth in Misiones. No arrests were reported; federal prosecutors in Corrientes and Posadas ordered the drug and the vehicles seized.
Cannabis 360.741 kgGendarmerie seizes 10 tonnes of marijuana in three Misiones checks
Gendarmería Nacional officers in Misiones seized 10,092 kilos 447 grams of cannabis sativa in three procedures on 14 May 2022, most of it in a Brazilian-flagged truck stopped at Campo Grande, and arrested two people. The Oberá federal court and prosecutor's office ordered the drug, three vehicles, cash and phones seized.
Arrested 2Cannabis 10.092447 tVehicles confiscated 3Two held with 4.6 kg of cannabis in a car stopped on Ruta 3 near Trelew
Gendarmes of the Trelew road-safety section stopped a car on Ruta Nacional 3 heading for Rawson and found three rectangular cannabis packages on the floor beside the passenger seat. Field tests confirmed cannabis sativa, 4 kilos 613 grams were seized, and the Rawson federal court ordered both occupants held.
Arrested 2Cannabis 4.613 kg559 g of marijuana seized from backpack on Bariloche–Comodoro bus in Chubut
Gendarmes of Escuadrón 37 “José de San Martín” stopped a bus from San Carlos de Bariloche to Comodoro Rivadavia at kilometre 1,592 of Ruta Nacional 40 and found 559 grams of cannabis sativa in a backpack flagged by detector dog Pecky. The Esquel federal court and prosecutor's office ordered the drug seized and kept one passenger tied to the case.
Cannabis 559 g15.2 kg of marijuana thrown into scrub at Formosa's Paraguay border
Gendarmes of Squadron 16 "Clorinda" deployed near the hamlet of Garcete Cué, Formosa, after reports of people moving toward the Paraguayan border, and saw two motorcycle riders throw a bag into the undergrowth. Officers recovered 17 packages holding 15 kilograms 205 grams of cannabis sativa and seized them through the Federal Prosecutor's Office No. 1 of Formosa; no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 15.205 kgGendarmerie raid on a La Rioja house finds cannabis plants; one held
Gendarmería Nacional officers searched a house in the Matadero neighbourhood of La Rioja city on 14 January 2022 and found cannabis plants over a metre tall, 21 grams of cannabis sativa, a precision scale and phones. One resident was detained under Argentina's drug law 23.737 on the orders of the Federal Court of La Rioja, which also ordered the marijuana seized.
Arrested 1Cannabis 21 g13.2 kg of marijuana seized from pickup near Gran Guardia; 3 held
Gendarmería officers stopped a Chevrolet pickup on a secondary road off Route 81 near Gran Guardia, Formosa, and found 13 kilos 182 grams of cannabis in taped packages. The three adult occupants, two Argentine and one Paraguayan, were detained under narcotics law 23.737 and the drug, the vehicle and cash seized.
Arrested 3Cannabis 13.182 kgVehicles confiscated 1Man held in Mendoza over 2.06 kg of marijuana in pan dulce parcel
Gendarmería Nacional officers intercepted a parcel from Misiones on Ruta Nacional 14 in Entre Ríos on 11 December 2021 and found 2 kilos 64 grams of marijuana inside four pan dulce wrappers. After a court-ordered controlled delivery and four days of surveillance, officers detained a man near a postal parcel depot in Villa Nueva, Mendoza, as he moved to collect the box.
Arrested 1Cannabis 2.064 kg91.9 kg of marijuana found in a Candelaria culvert after a courier fled
Gendarmes patrolling the Paraná riverside at Candelaria, Misiones, saw a courier loading bundles from a small boat and found 91 kilos 900 grams of cannabis sativa hidden in a culvert after he fled towards Route 12. The Posadas federal prosecutor's office directed the case under Argentina's drug law 23.737, and no arrests were reported.
Cannabis 91.9 kgFive held in Villa Pehuenia with 503.9 kg of marijuana in a pickup
Gendarmería Nacional officers found 493 marijuana bricks weighing 503 kilos 968 grams, along with 29 kilos of cocaine, in 22 burlap sacks inside a pickup truck in Villa Pehuenia, Neuquén. The Zapala federal court ordered searches of vehicles and a cabin where those involved were staying, and five people were detained.
Arrested 5Cannabis 503.968 kg14 raids in Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and Misiones dismantled a Paraguay route; 7 held, 480 kg
Gendarmería Nacional officers searched 14 addresses in Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and Misiones on 12 July 2021 in Operation Cristal Verde, detaining seven members of a network that brought drugs from Paraguay to Buenos Aires province. They seized 480 kg 252 g of cannabis sativa along with cocaine, 17,304 synthetic pills, cash, vehicles and weapons on the orders of the Morón federal court.
Arrested 7Cannabis 480.252 kgVehicles confiscated 9Gendarmería destroys two hectares with 1,070 marijuana plants in Misiones
Gendarmería Nacional officers, acting on a warrant from the Federal Court of Eldorado, searched two hectares of cannabis cultivation at Paraje Yacutinga in Misiones and reported seizing 1,070 marijuana plants. The operation followed a week of inquiries and took three hours of travel along difficult tracks; no arrests were reported.
Plants destroyed 1,070Area 2 haSites 1Brazilian truck driver held as 4,124 kg of marijuana seized in Misiones
Gendarmería Nacional found 4,124 kilograms of marijuana in the trailer of a Brazilian-registered truck stopped at the Centinela checkpoint on National Route 14 in Misiones, after a sniffer dog and a mobile scanner flagged the load. The driver, who had crossed from Brazil hours earlier, was detained with the drug and the truck at the disposal of the Federal Court of Posadas.
Arrested 1Cannabis 4.124 tVehicles confiscated 1Gendarmes seize 10,070 kg of marijuana from a truck at Centinela, Misiones
Gendarmes of Squadron 8 Alto Uruguay seized 10,070 kilograms of marijuana from a semi-trailer truck stopped at kilometre 785 of National Route 14 at Paraje Centinela, Misiones, finding 467 bundles of the drug inside. The Federal Court of Posadas ordered the unnamed driver detained incommunicado and the load weighed, with the initial weighing giving 10,070 kilograms.
Arrested 1Cannabis 10.07 tVehicles confiscated 1Nine held as Gendarmería seizes 11,400 marijuana seeds in Buenos Aires raids
Gendarmería Nacional searched 10 properties in La Matanza, Tres de Febrero and San Martín and detained nine members of an organisation that flew feminised marijuana seeds in from Spain and sold them online through Facebook. Officers seized 11,400 loose seeds, 867 high-potency blisters, 1.9 kg of marijuana and 1.2 litres of cannabis oil, plus six cars and cash in five currencies.
Arrested 9Cannabis 1.914 kgSeeds 11,400Vehicles confiscated 6345 tonnes of marijuana eradicated in San Rafael reserve
Paraguay and Argentina destroyed about 345 tonnes of marijuana in 100 hectares of crops in the San Rafael reserve, Itapua, during the 10-day Operation Integration. Ministers Patricia Bullrich and Arnaldo Giuzzio presented the joint Gendarmerie-Senad eradication as equal to a year and a half of Argentine seizures.
4,218 kg of marijuana seized from tanker truck in Formosa; driver held
Gendarmería Nacional Argentina found 4,218 kilos 112 grams of marijuana packed in 5,085 rectangular packages inside the tank of a tanker truck stopped at kilometre 1,103 of National Route 11 in Formosa, bound for Reconquista. The driver, from Santa Fe province, was detained on the order of Federal Court No. 2 of Formosa.
Arrested 1Cannabis 4.218112 t4,115 kg of marijuana found after truck crash near Hipólito Yrigoyen
Gendarmería Nacional officers seized 4,115 kilos 468 grams of marijuana from a truck that crashed into a ravine beside Ruta Nacional 12 near Hipólito Yrigoyen, Misiones. The driver jumped from the moving vehicle and escaped on foot, and the federal court in Oberá ordered the drug and the truck seized.
Cannabis 4.115468 tVehicles confiscated 1Couple held with 29.5 kg marijuana hidden in car gas cylinder
Gendarmería officers stopped a couple on Ruta Nacional 14 at Cuay Grande, Santo Tomé, and found 29 kilos 572 grams of marijuana hidden inside the car's compressed-natural-gas cylinder after the dog “Pucara” marked it. The Federal Court of Paso de los Libres ordered the drug and the vehicle seized and both occupants detained.
Arrested 2Cannabis 29.572 kgVehicles confiscated 1Gendarmerie seizes 9,745 kg of marijuana in San José truck; 3 held
Gendarmería Nacional intercepted a cargo truck in San José, Misiones, and seized 9,745 kilos of marijuana hidden in its semi-trailer, plus a Ford Focus said to be guiding it. Three people were detained and the Federal Court of Eldorado ordered the seizure of the drugs and the detentions.
Arrested 3Cannabis 9.745 tArgentina arrests Itatí mayor's daughter in Paraguay marijuana case
Gendarmería Nacional arrested Mariela Alejandra Terán, the mayor of Itatí's daughter, and her husband in Corrientes on 14 February 2017 after simultaneous raids on the town hall and her home. Prosecutors accused them of belonging to a gang that moved marijuana from Paraguay into seven provinces and seized 26 cars, three motorcycles and a boat.
Arrested 2Vehicles confiscated 29Gendarmerie seizes 8.5 tonnes of marijuana hidden in car-parts truck
Argentina's Gendarmería stopped a truck on Route 14 near Tapebicuá, Corrientes, and found 8,500 kg of marijuana in 9,500 packages hidden in boxes of car parts, the largest seizure in the country's history at the time. The load had come from Paraguay and was bound for Chile, and the driver was detained.
Arrested 1Cannabis 8.5 tGendarmerie seizes 5,497 kg of marijuana in firewood truck in Villa Ángela
Gendarmería Nacional seized 5,497 kg of marijuana hidden under firewood in a cattle-style truck stopped near Villa Ángela, Chaco, and detained the driver. The load, packed in 252 jute bags, was travelling from Formosa toward Buenos Aires when found on Route 95.
Arrested 1Cannabis 5.497 t