Chaco police seize 4,927 kg of marijuana in operation Carbón Verde
On the night of 14 October 2026 Chaco provincial police stopped a truck on National Route 11 at kilometre 999 near Resistencia, seized 4,927.249 kg of marijuana and arrested the two men on board, in an operation they named Carbón Verde.
🇦🇷 Ruta Nacional 11, km 999, near Resistencia, Chaco · Argentina
Chaco provincial police stopped a truck on National Route 11 at kilometre 999 during the night
and found that it was already listed for seizure in a theft case.[1][2]With federal judicial
authorities involved, officers took the vehicle and its two occupants to the provincial police
school for a witnessed search.[1][2]
A narcotics dog indicated drugs, and the search recovered 4,927 kilograms and 249 grams of
marijuana, plus an Honor mobile phone.[1][2]The two men on the truck were detained for a
suspected breach of national drug law 23.737.[1][2]
Security minister Hugo Matkovich presented the haul on 15 October 2026 as operation Carbón Verde
and called it historic for the provincial force.[1][2]Officials valued the load at about ARS 1.5
billion wholesale (about USD 1 million) and up to ARS 7.5 billion at retail.[1][2]Matkovich said
the inquiry into origin and destination was continuing and would not be detailed yet.[1][2]
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Open questions the AI reported
The provincial announcement of 15 October did not name the two detainees or say where the load had come from or was going.
Later Formosa reporting that the truck was loaded in Clorinda and bound for Rosario is a follow-on investigation left out of the seizure figures here.
The ARS 1.5 billion wholesale and ARS 7.5 billion retail estimates are the authorities' own; the report uses the wholesale figure.
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Cleaning staff found a package of marijuana on a long-distance bus that had arrived at the Chajarí terminal in Entre Ríos after leaving Paraná, and the drivers called the police. Officers of the Federación department drug division tested and seized the substance and left the case with the prosecutor's office, with no one arrested.
Chaco police securing a woman's belongings from a room she rented in Resistencia found two cannabis seedlings, marijuana flowers and indoor growing equipment, and anti-drug officers' field tests were positive for marijuana. The woman was detained after another clash with the owner and released on the order of the anti-drug prosecutor's office, which kept the items but not the cash.
