6,059 kg of marijuana seized by boat landing at Corpus Christi
Argentina's Naval Prefecture found 6,059 kilos 400 grams of marijuana in a truck on the banks of the Yabebirí stream near Corpus Christi, Misiones, after an undercover patrol spotted two boats at dawn. The Ministry of Security valued the load at more than 180 million pesos and called it the second largest seizure of 2018.
Residents were not detained in the operation; officers found two abandoned boats
and, about 500 metres away, a truck loaded with wrapped bundles, with more
packages of the same kind scattered on the ground around it.[1]
Argentina’s Naval Prefecture counted 6,059 kilos400 grams of marijuana in the
truck and the packages around it, in front of witnesses.[1]The Ministry of
Security valued the load at more than 180 million pesos, some 9 million dollars,
and said it could yield more than 10 million doses for sale.[1]It said the
seizure was the second largest of the year in Argentina.[2]
An undercover Prefectura patrol watching the bush around Corpus Christi before
dawn spotted two boats entering the Yabebirí stream on thermal cameras.[1]Officers from the Prefectura posts of Puerto Maní, Santa Ana and San Ignacio
closed off the area in an Operativo Cerrojo, a lock-down cordon, and searched by
air, land and water.[1]El Territorio reported the operation as a joint action
by the Misiones provincial police and the Naval Prefecture.[2]
The Posadas federal court, the first-instance criminal and correctional court,
is handling the case.[2]The Ministry of Security said it had seized more than
77 tonnes of marijuana nationally in 2018 by that point, and Misiones accounted
for more than 52 tonnes.[2]
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El Territorioelterritorio.com.arESDroga a orillas del Yabebirí: la segunda incautación más grande del 2018 con 6059 kilos de marihuana
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Neither account gives a separate date for the find; El Territorio says it happened 'esta madrugada' (that morning) on 23 April 2018, the date used.
No arrests were reported; both boats and the truck were found abandoned and no suspect was named.
The value of more than 180 million pesos is the Ministry of Security's own estimate, which the release also put at more than 9 million dollars, an implied exchange rather than a separate valuation.
The seizure is called the second largest of 2018, but the first largest and the ministry's national totals are context, not figures for this event.
El Territorio places the site at Loreto on the Yabebirí; the ministry names only Corpus Christi, so the place combines both.
Only two accounts were found and both draw on the same ministry statement, so no fully independent source was found.
No charge, prosecution or court outcome beyond the Posadas federal court taking the case was published.
The two images on the ministry page are captioned only 'Misiones', so what exactly each depicts is not established.
No figure for packages, vehicles taken or seeds was published.
Police in Salta detained a 26-year-old driver during a vehicle checkpoint on Ruta Nacional 9 in Campo Alegre, La Caldera. Officers from the División Investigación Narcocriminal 2 seized 70 doses of marijuana and cocaine after preliminary field tests.
Road police at the Subfluvial Tunnel control post identified a 33-year-old Buenos Aires man carrying cocaine and marijuana in a van. Field tests confirmed 2.1 grams of marijuana alongside 5.9 grams of cocaine, and the case was treated as simple possession.
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.
