13.2 kg of marijuana seized from pickup near Gran Guardia; 3 held
Gendarmería officers stopped a Chevrolet pickup on a secondary road off Route 81 near Gran Guardia, Formosa, and found 13 kilos 182 grams of cannabis in taped packages. The three adult occupants, two Argentine and one Paraguayan, were detained under narcotics law 23.737 and the drug, the vehicle and cash seized.
🇦🇷 Secondary road off Ruta Nacional 81 near Gran Guardia, Formosa · Argentina
Officers inspected a pickup on a secondary road off National Route 81 near Gran
Guardia, in Formosa province.[1]The patrol combined officers of Squadron 15
“Bajo Paraguay” with the “Comandante Fontana” reconnaissance unit.[1]The
pickup carried three adults, two of Argentine nationality and one of Paraguayan
nationality.[1]The three were detained for infringement of Law 23.737 on
narcotics.[1]
Searching the vehicle in the presence of witnesses, the officers found several
packages wrapped in packing tape, of the kind used to move drugs.[1]Field
Narcotest tests confirmed the contents as cannabis sativa, totalling 13 kilos182 grams.[1]The officers also found 2,600 US dollars and 682,060 Argentine
pesos in the vehicle.[1]The Federal Court and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office
of Formosa ordered the drug, the pickup and other items of interest seized, and
the adults detained.[1]
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The release is dated 10 January 2022 and says the stop happened on the afternoon of the previous Saturday, so 8 January 2022 is used as the incident date.
The two currencies of seized cash, 2,600 US dollars and 682,060 Argentine pesos, are stated in the text but no single-currency cash figure is recorded.
No street value for the 13.182 kg of cannabis was published.
The release names none of the three detainees and gives no ages beyond describing them as adults.
No charge, hearing or later court outcome beyond the detention and seizure orders was reported.
No second, independent account of this stop was found; the only opened source is the official Gendarmería release.
The two photos on the government page carry no captions, so what each one shows beyond belonging to this seizure is unstated.
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