Two held as Prefectura seizes more than 65 kg of marijuana at El Soberbio
Argentine Naval Prefecture officers on a night patrol on the Uruguay River at El Soberbio, Misiones, detained two men and seized more than 65 kilograms of marijuana divided into 56 compressed bricks from their boat. The Federal Prosecutor's Office and court in Oberá ordered the drug, the boat and the two men held.
🇦🇷 Kilometre 1157 of the Uruguay River, El Soberbio, Misiones · Argentina
Arrested
2
Cannabis
65 kg
Agencies
Prefectura Naval Argentina, Fiscalía Federal de Oberá +1
Argentine Naval Prefecture officers detained two men who were trying to leave
Argentina with a load of marijuana from El Soberbio, Misiones, aboard a boat.[1]The officers were on a night patrol on the Uruguay River when they detected
a boat with its crew and bundles inside at kilometre 1157.[1]
Officers confirmed the men were carrying three bundles holding more than 65
kilograms of marijuana divided into 56 panes, compressed marijuana bricks.[1]
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Oberá, Misiones, headed by Viviana Vallejos,
and the Federal Court of the same city, headed by Marcos Gallandat Luzuriaga,
took charge of the case.[1]The federal court ordered the seizure of the drug,
of the boat used to carry it, and the detention of those involved.[1]
Misiones Online reported the same night patrol on the Uruguay River, the three
bundles of more than 65 kilograms of marijuana in 56 panes, and the intervention
of the Oberá federal prosecutor and court.[2]
Photos and video
Image published with the ministry release on the seizure of more than 65 kg of marijuana in three bundles at El Soberbio, Misiones. Photo: Prefectura Naval ArgentinaPhoto details
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