Gendarmerie seizes 10.2 tonnes of marijuana in a Dos de Mayo depot
Gendarmes helping a Brazilian truck stuck on Provincial Route 11 in Dos de Mayo, Misiones, were led by a sniffer dog to a nearby depot holding 10,258 kilos 365 grams of marijuana, and the driver was detained. The judge in Oberá ordered the drug seized; no charge or court outcome has been reported.
🇦🇷 Paraje Las Campiñas, Dos de Mayo, Cainguás department, Misiones · Argentina
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Gendarmería Nacional Argentina, Juzgado Federal de Oberá
Gendarmes of Section Aristóbulo del Valle, part of Squadron 9 Oberá, stopped to
help a Brazilian-registered truck that had become stuck on the shoulder of
Provincial Route 11 at Dos de Mayo in Misiones, as its driver tried to reach a
nearby depot.[1]The sniffer dog Hada reacted strongly towards the depot, and
the Federal Court of Oberá then issued a warrant to search it.[1]
Inside, officers seized 485 bundles holding 13,640 packets of cannabis sativa
weighing 10,258 kilos365 grams, the Ministry of Security said.[1]The judge
ordered the drug held and the Brazilian driver detained.[1]The operation took
place at Paraje Las Campiñas in Dos de Mayo at around midday on Thursday 30
January 2020, and the driver, aged 51, was held at the disposal of the federal
court in Oberá.[2]
The truck had loaded fish food and its trailer-door rivets had been removed,
according to the Ministry of Security account carried by Diario Huarpe.[3]Before the final weighing, the Ministry of Security put the load at “at least
10,328 kilos” of marijuana.[3]Misiones Online later reported the final figure
as 10,258 kilos365 grams, the same weight given by the ministry, in a shed at
Campiñas entered after a Brazilian-registered truck that had come in at Santo
Tomé got stuck beside the depot.[4]
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Diario Huarpediariohuarpe.comESSecuestran más de 10 toneladas de marihuana que estaban acopiadas en un depósito de Misiones
Misiones Onlinemisionesonline.netESHistórico golpe al narcotráfico: en solo cuatro días se incautaron más de 20 toneladas de marihuana en Misiones
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Only the publication date, 1 February 2020, comes from the ministry; El Territorio dates the start of the operation to near midday on Thursday 30 January 2020, the date used here, while Diario Huarpe wrote that it was carried out the previous night.
Diario Huarpe reported an interim figure of at least 10,328 kilos before the weighing was complete; the final weight of 10,258 kilos 365 grams, also given by Misiones Online, is used.
El Territorio says the truck was heading for Coronel, Chile, with a possible earlier stop in Rosario, and that customs officers found its paperwork altered; the ministry release gives no destination.
El Territorio names the presiding judge, while the ministry release names only the court.
No charge, hearing date or sentence for the detained driver was reported, and he is identified in the press only by a partial name.
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