Prosecutors' team destroys 3 hectares of marijuana, 6,000 kg, in Alto Verá
A prosecutor-led force raided a rural property in Compañía Tarumá, Alto Verá, Itapúa, on 11 March 2025 and destroyed about three hectares of marijuana ready for harvest. The authorities estimated the plants at about 6,000 kilograms and a market loss of some 900 million guaraníes, and reported no arrests.
🇵🇾 Compañía Tarumá, Alto Verá, Itapúa · Paraguay
Area
3 ha
Cannabis
6 t
Agencies
Ministerio Público (Paraguay), Policía Nacional (Paraguay)
Prosecutor Rocío Valdez of the anti-drug unit in Itapúa led the raid on a rural
property in the Compañía Tarumá area of Alto Verá district, Itapúa, where
marijuana plots were found.[1]Police from the Investigations Department and
the Special Operations Group (GEO) of the National Police supported the
operation.[1]The work began at about 7:00 on Tuesday 11 March 2025, after the
plots were found in a wooded part of the property.[1]
The prosecutor ordered the plantation destroyed.[1]Some three hectares of
marijuana were destroyed, the plants ready for harvest.[1]The plants were cut
up in full and carried an estimated 6,000 kilograms, according to the
authorities.[1]The operation participants put the market loss at about 900
million guaraníes.[1]Itapúa en Noticias reported the raid happened on the
morning of Tuesday 11 March 2025.[2]
Police and prosecutors at the marijuana plantation destroyed in Compañía Tarumá, Alto Verá. Photo courtesy of the ABC Color reader/agency handout ('gentileza').Photo details
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No count of individual plants was published; the 6,000 kilograms is the authorities' estimate of the standing crop, not a weighed amount.
The number of people who cultivated the plots is unknown and no arrests were reported; investigators were still trying to identify those responsible.
The landowner and the exact location within Compañía Tarumá are not named.
The three outlets' accounts appear to draw on the same police and prosecutor statement, so they are not independent reporting.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in MasTV: MasTV reported that officers were said to have destroyed the plants entirely, with an estimated 6,000 kilograms, which represented an economic loss of about 900 million guaraníes for drug trafficking networks.
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