Gendarmerie finds 97 kg of packed marijuana in six parcels at Iguazú
Officers of Gendarmería Nacional Argentina's Squadron 13 "Iguazú" opened six parcels bound for Buenos Aires province, sent through a courier company, and found 173 plastic containers of marijuana weighing 97 kilos 486 grams. The El Dorado federal court and prosecutor ordered the drug seized under drug law 23.737; no arrests were reported.
Officers of Gendarmería Nacional Argentina’s Squadron 13 “Iguazú” opened six
parcels sent through a courier company for delivery to Buenos Aires province.[1]The El Dorado federal court and the federal prosecutor’s office issued the
order to open them.[2]Radio Yguazú reported that the parcels were opened
under an order in a judicial investigation.[3]Crónica, citing the security
ministry’s statement, said the gendarmes had waited for a consignment to arrive
with instructions to search several packages.[4]
Inside, in front of witnesses, the officers found 173 transparent plastic
containers that appeared to hold plant material.[1]Radio Yguazú described
vacuum-packed buds of cannabis sativa in the containers.[3]A Narcotest field
test was positive for marijuana, with a total weight of 97 kilos486 grams
(97.486 kg).[1]
The magistrate handling the case ordered the drug seized under Argentina’s drug
law 23.737.[1]Radio Yguazú reported that the El Dorado federal court and
prosecutor ordered the drug seized and the case file opened.[3]Radio Yguazú
put the load’s estimated value at 285,555,225 pesos, which it attributed to
official sources.[3]The investigation into where the drug came from and who
sent it was still under way, Radio Yguazú reported.[3]
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Open questions the AI reported
No source gives a separate date for the parcel inspection; 31 May 2025, the date of the shorter Gendarmería release, is used as the incident date.
No arrests, suspects or charges against any person were reported, only the magistrate's order to seize the drug.
The estimated value of 285,555,225 pesos appears only in the Radio Yguazú account, attributed to official sources, and is left out of the figures.
The release does not give the place within Iguazú, the courier company, the sender or the parcel office where the opening took place; coordinates are those of the Puerto Iguazú town centre.
Radio Yguazú's date of 30 May 2025 precedes the government releases, so when the inspection itself happened is unclear.
The accounts are not independent: Radio Yguazú and Crónica repeat the Gendarmería statement's details, and the Crónica copy opened here had broken accented characters.
The government release's lead photo carries no caption, so what it shows beyond belonging to this release is not established.
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