Prison visitor held with 101 g of marijuana hidden in her underwear in Ciudad del Este
A 26-year-old woman was detained at the Centro de Prevenidos de Ciudad del Este after a prison officer found 101.2 grams of marijuana wrapped in polythene among her underwear as she tried to enter to visit an inmate. The anti-drug prosecutor ordered her held at the Comisaría 25a de Mujeres, and a narcotest on the package was positive for marijuana.
🇵🇾 Centro de Prevenidos, Ciudad del Este, Alto Paraná · Paraguay
Arrested
1
Cannabis
101.2 g
Agencies
Comisaría 1ª de Ciudad del Este, Departamento Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional +1
A prison officer searching visitors at the Centro de Prevenidos de Ciudad del
Este found a polythene-wrapped package of marijuana hidden among a woman’s
underwear.[1]The woman came to the prison to visit Jorge Marcelo Cano, an
inmate held there, the police report said.[1]
The anti-drug unit’s narcotest on the package was positive for marijuana, and it
weighed 101.2 grams.[1]
The anti-drug prosecutor Manuel Rojas Rodríguez ordered the woman held and she
was taken to the Comisaría 25a de Mujeres, at the disposal of the public
prosecutor’s office.[1]
Ahora CDE reported that the search took place on the Sunday at about 13:00,
during security checks at the prison.[2]
That account named the officer who made the find as Angela Carmina Godoy, doing
the body search.[2]A woman was detained after trying to bring marijuana into
the Centro de Prevenidos de Ciudad del Este, where she was caught in a routine
check.[1]
Photos and video
The 101.2 grams of marijuana seized from the prison visitor at the Centro de Prevenidos de Ciudad del Este, as published by ABC Color.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
101.2 g
Agencies
Comisaría 1ª de Ciudad del Este; Departamento Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional; Unidad Especializada en la Lucha contra el Narcotráfico
Agency type
Police, Anti-narcotics agency, Prosecutor, Other
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (101.2 g)
Activity
Smuggling, Possession
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Under investigation
Force
No force reported
Region
Alto Paraná
Sources
ABC Colorabc.com.pyESMujer fue detenida tras intentar ingresar marihuana a la cárcel de Ciudad del Este
Ahora CDEahoracde.com.pyESMujer intentó ingresar marihuana entre sus ropas íntimas a penitenciaría de CDE
Open questions the AI reported
ABC Color gives no calendar date for the search, only that it happened the day before the 9 November 2026 publication; Ahora CDE says it was on the Sunday, which is used as the incident date.
The material is described as marijuana confirmed by a field narcotest, not by a full laboratory analysis.
No charge, measure of restraint beyond the detention, or court outcome was reported, and the prosecutor's office published no statement on the case that could be opened.
It is not clear whether the inmate she came to visit faces any investigation in the case; neither opened account says so.
Ahora CDE's byline is a generic site administrator and the page carries no visible publication date, so its date is taken as the same day as the ABC Color report.
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