On 5 August 2008 Senad agents raided four marijuana gathering camps near the town of Itakyry in Alto Paraná department and seized 10,926kg of marijuana.[1] The traffickers controlling the camps fled before Senad arrived.[1] Agents also seized nine hydraulic presses used to compress marijuana bricks, 200kg of marijuana seeds, four motorcycles and two shotguns.[1] No arrests were reported.[1]
Senad seizes 10,926 kg of marijuana at four camps near Itakyry
Paraguay's Senad seized 10,926kg of marijuana in raids on four gathering camps near Itakyry, Alto Paraná, also taking hydraulic presses, seeds, motorcycles and shotguns. The traffickers controlling the camps fled before agents arrived, so no arrests were reported.
🇵🇾 Itakyry, Alto Paraná · Paraguay
- Cannabis
- 10.926 t
- Agency
- SENAD
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis, Seeds
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Cannabis
- 10.926 t
- Agency type
- Anti-narcotics agency
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (10.926 t); Seeds
- Activity
- Trafficking
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- US Embassy Asuncion cable 08ASUNCION694wikileaks.jcvignoli.comPARAGUAY'S 2008 THIRD QUARTER INL REPORT
Open questions the AI reported
- Only the US Embassy's quarterly report on Senad's operations could be reopened; no Paraguayan press account was recoverable.
- The traffickers fled before the raids and no arrests were reported.
- No photograph of the camps or seizures with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources.
