Brazilian truck driver held as 4,124 kg of marijuana seized in Misiones
Gendarmería Nacional found 4,124 kilograms of marijuana in the trailer of a Brazilian-registered truck stopped at the Centinela checkpoint on National Route 14 in Misiones, after a sniffer dog and a mobile scanner flagged the load. The driver, who had crossed from Brazil hours earlier, was detained with the drug and the truck at the disposal of the Federal Court of Posadas.
🇦🇷 Paraje Centinela, San José, Apóstoles, Misiones · Argentina
Gendarmería Nacional Argentina seized4,124 kilograms of marijuana from the
trailer of a truck stopped at the Centinela roadside checkpoint at kilometre 785
of National Route 14, in Misiones province.[1]The driver was detained and the
drug, the driver and the truck were placed at the disposal of the Federal Court
of Posadas.[2]El Territorio reported that the truck was a
Brazilian-registered Scania H113 driven by a Brazilian national who had crossed
into Argentina hours earlier over the Tancredo Neves international bridge at Foz
do Iguaçu.[3]
Officers of Section San José, part of Squadron 6 Alto Uruguay of the
Gendarmería, carried out the check; El Territorio described the unit as Squadron
8 Alto Uruguay.[1]The narcotics dog León reacted to the trailer, and a mobile
Nuctech LT 1213 LH scanner showed 175 sacks or bundles holding more than 4.1
tonnes of marijuana in bulk.[1]After the Federal Court and Federal
Prosecutor’s Office of Posadas authorised opening the seal covering the drug, in
the presence of witnesses and customs staff, a Narcotest gave a positive result
for marijuana and the load was weighed.[1]
El Territorio reported that a loose securing rope first drew officers’
attention, that the weighing was done at the squadron’s Apóstoles headquarters,
and that this was the third large drug seizure in Misiones in 72 hours.[3]The
Security Ministry presented the seizure as part of the order given to federal
security forces under Minister Sabina Frederic to tighten checks at strategic
points against drug trafficking.[1]
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Uncaptioned Security Ministry photo published inside the account of the Centinela seizure.Photo details
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The Security Ministry release gives no separate date for the check; 16 January 2021 is its publication date, and El Territorio says the truck arrived at the checkpoint the previous afternoon, so the incident date may be 15 January.
The driver is not named, and no age, confirmed nationality beyond El Territorio's account, charges or court outcome are reported.
The unit is described as Squadron 6 Alto Uruguay by the Security Ministry and as Squadron 8 Alto Uruguay by El Territorio; the ministry's designation is used in the text.
No street value for the 4,124 kilograms was published.
The three photographs on the ministry's page carry no captions, alt text or credit; they are linked as belonging to the seizure account, though their content beyond that is unstated.
El Territorio says a loose securing rope drew officers' attention, while Elonce and the ministry attribute the detection to the dog and scanner; the accounts differ in detail without contradicting each other.
El Territorio reports two other large Misiones seizures within 72 hours (Candelaria, 6 tonnes, and Nemesio Parma, 4,000 kg); they are separate events not covered here.
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