Gendarmes of Section San José, part of Squadron 8 Alto Uruguay of the Gendarmería Nacional, seized 10,070 kilograms of marijuana from a semi-trailer truck at kilometre 785 of National Route 14, at Paraje Centinela in Misiones province.[1] The truck was on its way to Buenos Aires province when officers stopped it.[1] Checking the driver’s papers, officers found inconsistencies and the absence of the seals and certifications required to carry the load.[1]

The sniffer dog Uno, trained to detect drugs, reacted to the trailer, signaling that it carried drugs.[1] A Nuctech scanner then showed that the load inside was marijuana.[1] Inside the opened semi-trailer officers found 467 bundles of rectangular packages holding the drug.[1]

The Gendarmería reported the find to the Federal Court and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Posadas, which ordered the truck’s seals removed and a narcotest carried out; the field test was positive.[1] The court ordered the truck driver detained incommunicado and the load weighed; the initial weighing came to 10,070 kilograms of marijuana.[1] The Security Ministry presented the operation as part of Security Minister Sabina Frederic’s order to federal police and security forces to tighten surveillance at strategic points used for illegal drug traffic.[1]