The driver of the pickup carrying the drugs disobeyed stop signals during a vehicle check and fled on foot into dense woodland.[1] Officers tracked the pickup to Campo Grande but could not detain its driver, who used the area’s vegetation to escape on foot.[2] The driver remains at large.[2] Authorities have published no official information on his identity or on the load’s origin and destination.[2]
National Gendarmerie officers seized 514 kilos 700 grams of marijuana in Misiones province.[1] Inside the Toyota Hilux, officers found 12 bundles holding 628 packages of marijuana spread across the rear seats and cargo box.[1] Officers also seized two Brazilian vehicle identification plates found during the inspection.[1] Field Narcotest tests confirmed the seized substance was cannabis sativa, weighing 514 kilos 700 grams in total.[1]
The operation was carried out by members of the Aristóbulo del Valle Section under Squadron 9 Oberá.[1] The surveillance covered provincial routes 7 and 8.[2] When a Toyota Hilux approached, the gendarmes signalled the driver to stop, but he accelerated and fled.[1] The decentralized fiscal office in Oberá ordered the confiscation of the drugs and other items and the opening of proceedings for suspected violation of National Law 23.737.[1]
