17 kg of cannabis in parcels led to Formosa and Santa Cruz raids; four held
Gendarmes stopped a parcel-transport vehicle on Route 11 at Tatane, Formosa, and found 17 kilos 090 grams of cannabis sativa hidden in two parcels. A court-ordered controlled delivery led to simultaneous raids in Clorinda, Formosa, and 28 de Noviembre, Santa Cruz, where four adults were detained as sender and recipients.
🇦🇷 Tatane, Formosa, and simultaneous raids in Clorinda, Formosa, and 28 de Noviembre, Güer Aike, Santa Cruz · Argentina
Gendarmes of the Tatane section of Squadron 15 Bajo Paraguay stopped a
parcel-transport vehicle for a documents and physical check on National Route 11
at kilometre 1,144, in Tatane, Formosa province.[1]A narcotics dog alerted on
two parcels and field narcotest checks confirmed 17 kilos090 grams of cannabis
sativa.[1]
The federal prosecutor and Federal Guarantee Court No. 1 of Formosa ordered a
controlled delivery, and investigators traced a route sending cannabis parcels
from Clorinda to Santa Cruz province.[1]With the Rio Gallegos complex-crimes
unit and the operations group of Squadron 43 Rio Turbio, gendarmes raided two
homes at the same time, one in Clorinda and one in 28 de Noviembre - Güer Aike
in Santa Cruz, and also searched the post-office branch where the parcels were
to arrive.[1]Four adults, three women and one man, were detained and
identified as the sender and the recipients of the cannabis.[1]
Along with the 17 kilograms of marijuana, officers seized078 grams of cannabis
buds, six mobile phones, a laptop, 304,000 Argentine pesos and two folders of
notes.[1]
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Gendarmerie handout photo published with the release on the controlled delivery of marijuana parcels from Clorinda to Santa Cruz; the page gives no caption. Photo: Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina.Photo details
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Source: Argentina.gob.ar (Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina)Main image of the release on the Formosa-Santa Cruz parcel case, carried as the page Open Graph image; the page gives no caption. Photo: Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina.Photo details
No separate date is given for the raids, which the release reports together with the 24 April 2026 roadside stop; the incident date is the stop.
No charge, court hearing or outcome beyond the detentions and the seizure orders was reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
The detainees are described only as four adults, three women and one man, named as sender and recipients; no names or ages were published.
No street value was published for the cannabis, and no individual weights were given for the parcels beyond the 17.090 kg total and the 78 g of buds found in the raids.
The release does not say how many of the four were detained in each province.
The page photos carry no captions or credits beyond being published with this release; one of them is the page main image address.
Only the Gendarmeria own release was found; no independent outlet account of this case could be opened.
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