During Misiones police’s province-wide security operation, officers of the Investigaciones Division of Regional Unit X carried out preventive and investigative work on property-related crimes in Garupá.[1] At the intersection of 9 de Julio and El Fortín streets in Santa Clara barrio, officers observed two men who fled into scrubland and abandoned a polyethylene bag.[1]

Testing by the Dangerous Drugs Division of Candelaria confirmed the bag’s plant material was marijuana, weighing 100 grams and estimated at 400,000 pesos.[1] By order of the Federal Court the marijuana was seized and the case file sent to the Prosecutor’s Office; police continue the search for the two men.[1]