Gendarmería finds 2,697 kg of marijuana hidden among wire coils in Chaco
Gendarmería Nacional officers stopped a Paraguayan lorry at kilometre 1,060 of Ruta Nacional 11 in Lapachito, Chaco, and found 2,697 kg 926 g of cannabis sativa in 115 boxes hidden among wire coils on the trailer. The Federal Court No. 1 of Resistencia ordered the drug and three phones seized and the Paraguayan driver detained.
🇦🇷 Ruta Nacional 11, kilometre 1,060, paraje Lapachito, Chaco · Argentina
Gendarmería Nacional officers of the Sección Seguridad Vial Lapachito, part of
Escuadrón 14 Las Palmas, stopped a general-cargo truck at kilometre 1,060 of
Ruta Nacional 11 in paraje Lapachito, Chaco, during a dynamic control operation.[1]The truck had left Mariano Roque Alonso in Paraguay and was heading for
Córdoba province.[1]Officers noticed inconsistencies in the seal ropes
holding the tarpaulin of the semi-trailer and a strong smell of cannabis coming
from the load.[1]The anti-drug dog Olivia reacted to the load, and with the
Federal Court No. 1 of Resistencia informed, the truck was taken to Escuadrón 14
for a full inspection.[1]
With staff of the customs agency ARCA’s Barranqueras branch, the gendarmes found
115 boxes hidden among wire coils, holding 2,384 rectangular and amorphous
packages.[1]A narcotest field test was positive for cannabis sativa, with a
total weight of 2,697 kilograms926 grams.[1]
The judge ordered the drug and three mobile phones seized and the Paraguayan
driver detained, where he remained held incommunicado.[1]Gendarmería’s own
release, published three days earlier, describes the same stop and gives the
same 2,697 kilograms926 grams total.[2]The local outlet TN24 reported that
the driver was placed at the disposal of the courts and that investigators were
working to establish where the load was to be delivered.[3]
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TN24tn24.com.arESDetienen a un camionero paraguayo con más de 2.600 kilos de marihuana en Lapachito
Open questions the AI reported
Neither release gives the day of the stop; 14 November 2025 is the publication date of the first Gendarmería release, and the ministry's version appeared on 17 November.
The headline figure of "more than 2,600 kilos" in all three accounts is a rounded headline total; the weighed total of 2,697 kg 926 g is used.
No street value of the load was published, so none is recorded.
The driver's name and age were not published, and no charge, indictment or pre-trial detention ruling beyond the initial detention order is reported.
The substance was identified by a narcotest field test positive for cannabis sativa, not a laboratory analysis.
The photos on both government pages carry no captions or credits; their content is described only from their placement in the releases.
No independent reporting beyond TN24's account of the government version was found.
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