SENAD destroys 242 tons of marijuana in 10-day Amambay operation
Paraguay's anti-drug agency destroyed about 242 tons of marijuana after ten days of raids around Capitán Bado, Amambay, clearing 79 hectares in 22 plots plus over five tons of processed cannabis. No arrests were reported.
Agents of Senad, Paraguay’s anti-drug agency, destroyed a total of about 242 tons of marijuana after ten days of continuous raids around the town of Capitán Bado, in the Brazilian-border department of Amambay.[1][2]The operation, named “Ñepyrû Porâ”, closed with the destruction of several marijuana production and storage centres.[1]
The teams pushed into the wooded hills of the Colono, Piray and Suzuki settlements, where they found 79 hectares of cannabis in 22 plots, estimated to hold 237 tons of the plant.[1][2]At the storage camps they found 5,415 kilos of chopped and bagged marijuana ready for pressing, along with four wooden presses used to make the bricks.[1][2]Senad put the traffickers’ loss at about 7.26 million US dollars, and prosecutor Valeriana Ferreira accompanied the operation.[1][2]
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SENAD agents raided a rural property in Colonia Nueva Yaú, Capitán Bado, destroying 9 hectares of marijuana, 450 kg of chopped marijuana and five camps. Prosecutor Sarita Bonzi ordered everything incinerated on site while investigations continue to identify those responsible.
A joint task force destroyed three hectares of marijuana and 9,300 kilograms of the drug in the San Lorenzo community of San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa, on 31 October 2026. Prosecutors are investigating a criminal organisation they say was buying weapons with trafficking proceeds.
SENAD’s Bella Vista Norte unit, using drones to map plots in the Timburi forest reserve, eradicated four hectares of illegal marijuana and destroyed 660 kg in 33 bales at a staging area; the agency estimated about twelve tonnes kept from the market under prosecutor Rossana Coronel’s supervision.
On 29 October 2026 Paraguay's SENAD reported eradicating four hectares of cannabis — about 12 tonnes — and destroying 1,600 kg of drying marijuana at the Indigenous colony Takua Ju in Yby Pytã, Canindeyú. No one was found at the site.
