10.35 kg of marijuana found in a spare tyre in Formosa; three held
Gendarmes of Squadron 16 "Clorinda" stopped a pickup on Ruta Nacional 86 in Formosa and cut open its spare tyre, finding 14 packages holding 10 kilos 350 grams of marijuana. Three men in the vehicle were detained, one of them wanted on an arrest warrant since 2019.
🇦🇷 Ruta Nacional 86, kilometre 1,298, Formosa province · Argentina
Gendarmes of Squadron 16 “Clorinda” stopped a pickup carrying three men at a
surprise mobile checkpoint on Ruta Nacional 86 at kilometre 1,298, in Formosa
province.[1]The force’s narcotics dog Dreyco reacted at the pickup’s load bed
and then positioned itself over the spare wheel.[1]After the federal
prosecution unit in Formosa authorised it, officers scanned the tyre and saw
amorphous packages resembling plant material.[1]Three men were detained over
the find, one of them already wanted on an active arrest warrant.[1]
Cutting the tyre open, the gendarmes removed 14 packages of different shapes and
sizes holding cannabis sativa (marijuana).[1]The packages weighed 10
kilograms350 grams.[1]The arrest warrant against one of the three had been
outstanding since 2019.[1]The judge handling the case ordered the marijuana,
the pickup and four mobile phones seized, and ordered all three men held.[1]
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Cannabis packages cut out of the spare tyre of the pickup stopped on Ruta Nacional 86 in Formosa. Photo: Gendarmería Nacional ArgentinaPhoto details
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The release gives no separate date for the stop; 29 April 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
Neither the release nor the news account names the three detainees or gives their ages.
Kilometre 1,298 of Ruta Nacional 86 is not a named town, so the coordinates are a province-level point and the location is recorded with region precision.
No street value for the 10.35 kg of cannabis was published.
Neither account says whether the three men were charged or brought before a judge, or what bearing the 2019 warrant had on the case.
The stop took place outside the town of Clorinda, whose Squadron 16 carried it out; the release does not say which municipality the checkpoint fell in.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Primero Chaco: Primero Chaco reported the same stop, naming the same place, the same three occupants and the same 10 kilos 350 grams of cannabis, and said the wanted man's warrant dated from 2019.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Primero Chaco: It also reported that one of the three detainees had been wanted on an arrest warrant since 2019.
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