719 kg of marijuana seized from stolen pickup in Misiones
Gendarmería officers seized 719.27 kg of cannabis from an abandoned grey Volkswagen Amarok near the Paraná River at Colonia Helvecia, Misiones, after its occupants fled, crashed into an embankment and escaped on foot. The pickup had an active seizure order for robbery, and the Oberá federal court and prosecutor ordered the drug and vehicle seized.
Personnel from the Jardín América section of Squadron 11 San Ignacio, with
support from the Misiones complex-crimes investigations unit, were on motorized
patrol on secondary roads when they spotted a grey Volkswagen Amarok.[1]The
occupants reversed course and fled, ignoring the gendarmes’ stop orders.[1]They drove the vehicle into an embankment, abandoned it and fled on foot,
favoured by the hilly terrain.[1]The find occurred during patrols on
secondary roads near the Paraná River, and the vehicle’s occupants fled after
losing control and crashing into an embankment.[2]
The seizure happened near the Paraná River in Helvecia, where the vehicle was
found holding 731 rectangular packages in 41 bundles.[1]Officers inspecting
the vehicle saw large bundles inside with a characteristic marijuana-like smell.[1]Officers counted 731 rectangular packages in 41 bundles, which field
Narcotest testing confirmed as cannabis sativa weighing 719 kilos270 grams.[1]
Investigators checking the vehicle’s record established that the pickup had an
active seizure order for robbery.[2]The Federal Court and Federal
Prosecutor’s Office of Oberá ordered the seizure of the drug, the vehicle and
other items of interest to the case.[1]
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