Prefectura seizes 3,184 kg of marijuana at Puerto Kimich, Eldorado
Prefectura Naval Argentina seized 3,184 kilograms of marijuana in 132 bundles after a motorboat from Paraguay unloaded its cargo at Puerto Kimich on the Paraná near Puerto Piray, Eldorado, on 23 May 2026. The shore crew fled on foot into the woods, and the force valued the load at more than 11 billion pesos.
🇦🇷 Puerto Kimich, near Puerto Piray, on the Paraná at kilometre 1,790, Eldorado, Misiones · Argentina
Prefectura Naval Argentina criminal-intelligence officers set up strategic
observation posts near Puerto Piray in the early hours after receiving
information about a possible illegal drug crossing.[1]Officers saw a
motorboat reach kilometre 1,790 of the Paraná River at Puerto Kimich, where
bundles were unloaded into vehicles waiting on the bank.[1]When the officers
were detected, one pickup fled and officers followed it in a controlled pursuit
to a wooded area, where its occupants abandoned it and escaped on foot.[1]No
detentions were reported, as the occupants abandoned the vehicle and disappeared
into the undergrowth.[2]
Officers found 132 bundles with characteristics consistent with
illicit-substance transport where the pickup was abandoned.[1]Prefectura
seized a total of 3,184 kilos of marijuana in different formats, which the force
estimated was worth more than eleven billion pesos.[1]Officers also seized
three vehicles in total: two pickups and a motorcycle allegedly used to move the
load.[3]
The operation took place in the city of Eldorado, Misiones, after officers
detected the clandestine entry of the merchandise from Paraguay.[1]The load
had entered illegally from Paraguay and was being moved in vehicles adapted for
its transport.[1]Primera Edición reported that the operation ran under Plan
Paraná, a national Security Ministry programme to strengthen controls on
cross-border crime in the Argentine litoral.[3]
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office and Federal Court in Eldorado, led by Pablo
Kulchar and Miguel Angel Guerrero, ordered the merchandise moved for official
counting and weighing.[1]
Photos and video
Bundles of marijuana found by Prefectura stacked in and around the abandoned pickup (caption: Así estaban los bultos de marihuana encontrados por Prefectura).Photo details
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The sources say the operation began in the early hours and give 23 May 2026 as the publication date; no separate operation date is stated, so that date stands in for the event.
The weight of 3,184 kilos and the value of more than eleven billion pesos are Prefectura's reported totals, with the value recorded as a lower bound in Argentine pesos.
No arrests or charges were reported: the pickup's occupants fled on foot and the boat was not reported intercepted.
The exact location described as Puerto Kimich near Puerto Piray was not located on a map, so the coordinates are those of the Eldorado district.
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