Senad burns 3 hectares and 4,880 kg of cannabis at Cerro Corá
Agents of Paraguay's anti-drug secretariat raided a rural property in Colonia Capitán Raúl Ocampo Rojas, Cerro Corá, Amambay, on 14 August 2026, destroying three hectares of growing cannabis, 4,880 kilograms of harvested marijuana, a camp and seven processing sieves. No one was arrested, and the agency estimated about 14 tonnes kept out of circulation, worth about USD 2 million in Brazil.
Special agents of Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) from its
Regional Department No. 1 in Pedro Juan Caballero raided a rural property in
Colonia Capitán Raúl Ocampo Rojas, in the Cerro Corá district of Amambay
department.[1]The operation began at about 08:00 on Friday 14 August 2026,
with support from the Senad’s special forces.[2]
The officers found and destroyed three hectares of cannabis still in the growth
stage.[1]They also burned 4,880 kilograms of harvested cannabis: branches
drying on wires, branches stored under a tarpaulin and bags of chopped
marijuana.[1]InfoNortePY put the drying material at 3,250 kilograms on wires
and 850 kilograms under the tarpaulin, plus 26 bags holding about 780 kilograms
of chopped marijuana.[2]The same account said 26 bags held about 780
kilograms of chopped marijuana, and that the harvested drug totalled about 4,880
kilograms before the plantation left standing was counted.[2]
Officers destroyed a camp and seven zarandas, sieves used to process the drug.[1]The Senad counted about 14 tonnes taken out of circulation by adding the
potential harvest of the eradicated three hectares to the processed cannabis
found on the property.[1]The agency estimated the value of the destroyed drug
on the Brazilian market at about USD 2 million.[1]
Nobody was arrested during the raid.[2]The prosecutor’s office in Pedro Juan
Caballero accompanied the operation through specialised anti-narcotics unit No.
1, led by prosecutor Celso René Morales.[1]All the evidence was destroyed on
site after photographic and audiovisual recording, and a prosecutor’s record of
the raid was drawn up.[1]
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Última Horaultimahora.comESSenad destruye casi 14 toneladas de marihuana y elimina 3 hectáreas de cultivos en Cerro Corá
InfoNortePYinfonortepy.comESSENAD destruye plantación de marihuana y casi cinco toneladas de droga en Cerro Corá
Open questions the AI reported
Senad's statement is dated 17 August 2026 and Última Hora published on 15 August; InfoNortePY dates the raid to Friday 14 August 2026, which is used as the incident date.
The approximately 14 tonnes is the agency's total combining the potential harvest of the eradicated three hectares with the 4,880 kilograms of processed cannabis actually found; only the 4,880 kilograms is a weighed quantity.
No plant count for the three hectares was published.
The identity of the owners or workers of the property was not reported, and no charges or suspects were named.
Última Hora and InfoNortePY reproduce the same Senad statement, including the camp and seven zarandas, so they are not independent accounts.
The USD 2 million is Senad's estimate of the drug's potential value on the Brazilian market, not a market or court valuation.
The same colonia has been the scene of other Senad raids, on 9 September and 25 September 2026 and during Nueva Alianza 58 in October; the earlier reports give no landowner or case identifier that could link them into one case.
The Instagram and Facebook posts of the Senad and the Amambay570 reprint seen in search results could not be opened as full pages and are not cited.
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.
