15 kg of marijuana hidden in furniture seized at air cargo depot
DNIT officers found about 15 kg of suspected marijuana hidden in the false bottom of a wooden shoe-cabinet parcel during express air-cargo checks at the DINAC depot on 13 November 2026. Senad took over the drug case, while telescopic sights and ammunition-reloading equipment from Miami parcels were referred to Digemabel.
🇵🇾 Depósito de Cargas de la DINAC, Aeropuerto Internacional Silvio Pettirossi, Luque · Paraguay
Cannabis
15 kg
Agencies
Dirección Nacional de Ingresos Tributarios (DNIT), 🇵🇾SENAD +1
On 13 November 2026 Paraguay’s Dirección Nacional de Ingresos Tributarios (DNIT)
detected two suspicious parcels during controls of air express parcels.[1]The
parcels were found during checks of express-remittance cargo in the cargo depot
of the Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (DINAC).[1]The checks were
supported by the Secretaría Nacional Antidrogas (Senad), Paraguay’s anti-drug
agency, and the Dirección General de Material Bélico (Digemabel).[1]
One parcel from abroad consisted of a wooden shoe-cabinet-style piece of
furniture with a padded top.[1]Inside a false bottom in that furniture
officers found approximately 15 kilograms of suspected marijuana.[1]
In a separate parcel from Miami, United States, officers found firearm
components lacking the legal permits required in Paraguay.[1]Those items were
telescopic sights and a press with accessories for reloading ammunition.[1]That weapons-accessories find was referred to Digemabel for administrative and
legal proceedings.[1]The DNIT’s own statement confirms it detected the
suspected-marijuana load during express-cargo verification in the DINAC cargo
depot area.[2]
Photos and video
Suspected marijuana found hidden in the double bottom of the wooden furniture parcel. Photo: Gentileza via La Nación (Paraguay).Photo details
The 15 kilograms are consistently described as presunta (suspected) marijuana, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The cannabis parcel is only described as coming from abroad, with no country of origin, sender, recipient or destination reported.
No arrest, detention, charge or court outcome was reported for the marijuana parcel.
The firearms sights and reloading press came in separate Miami parcels and are not cannabis; their quantities and any seizures beyond referral to Digemabel were not specified.
The other stories on the same page (an Amambay cocaine laboratory, a cocaine-in-fabric arrest and other seizures) are different events and are not covered here.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in La Nación (Paraguay): Senad was immediately called in to continue the formal proceedings for the drug load.
Left out case stage, as its quotation was not found in La Nación (Paraguay).
SENAD and detector dogs seized 10 kg of marijuana hidden inside a welding machine in courier cargo at Silvio Pettirossi airport on 9 November 2026. The deteriorated load, sent from the United States with California-labelled packs, was placed under prosecutor María Irene Álvarez while investigations continue.
SENAD agents searched two rural properties at Maracana, Canindeyu, over the weekend and eliminated 1,668 kilos of marijuana, including 1,516 kilos of chopped cannabis and 172 kilos of pressed packs. Prosecutor Juan Benegas accompanied the operation, which investigators say targeted a stash feeding the Brazilian market.
Police in Curuguaty seized about 1,699.9 kg of marijuana, including 3 kg of skunk, from an abandoned white Toyota Hilux after a pursuit on the rural road between Araujo Cué and Acepar. No one was detained, and the load and vehicle were placed at the disposal of the competent authorities.
Customs officers at Silvio Pettirossi airport found 6 kg of suspected marijuana hidden in two packs of paediatric wet wipes in a courier shipment from Miami on 30 October 2026. A second check turned up 46.5 kg of suspected ketamine in printer boxes, taking the total to 52.5 kg of suspected drugs; SENAD took over both cases.
