Woman held after SENAD raid on Benjamín Aceval home with 91 g of marijuana
SENAD agents raided a house in the Cerrito neighbourhood of Benjamín Aceval used to sell marijuana and cocaine, and detained the woman who lived there. They seized 91 grams of marijuana and 30 doses of cocaine, with prosecutor Norma Paredes accompanying the operation.
Special agents of the Dirección de Operaciones Urbanas of Paraguay’s anti-drug
secretariat, SENAD, raided a house in the Cerrito neighbourhood of Benjamín
Aceval that was used as a marijuana and cocaine sales point.[1]The woman held
was Dorca Arza Benítez, aged 36, who used her own home for the drug sales.[1]
Officers seized91 grams of marijuana and 30 doses of cocaine from the house.[1]Prosecutor Norma Paredes accompanied the operation.[1]SENAD’s own
account confirms the arrest of the 36-year-old woman and the seizure of the 91
grams of marijuana and 30 doses of cocaine at the house.[2]
The agency described the raid as part of its standing work to identify and
intervene in neighbourhood drug-distribution points.[2]
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Source: ABC ColorA special anti-drug agent inspects plastic-wrapped packages of marijuana inside the searched house in Benjamín Aceval. Photo: ABC ColorPhoto details
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