Argentina’s National Gendarmerie reported three separate marijuana seizures in Misiones and Corrientes totalling more than 29 kilos.[1] The Squadron 47 check described as happening yesterday stopped a long-distance bus at kilometre 1,274 of National Route 12, so 2 November 2023 is used as the incident date.[1]
Two passengers stood out for wearing too many warm clothes and acting nervous, so officers asked both to get off the bus.[1] In front of witnesses, officers found packages strapped to their bodies that smelled strongly of marijuana.[1] Forensic staff field-tested the samples with Narcotest, confirming cannabis sativa weighing 4 kilos 94 grams.[1] Both bus passengers were detained.[1]
A Squadron 11 San Ignacio foot patrol on trails in the coastal sector of Puerto Rico saw several people moving through the brush with bundles on their backs.[1] When ordered to halt, they dropped the load and fled into the adjoining wooded hills.[1] A search then found two bundles holding 16 kilos 405 grams of marijuana, seized on the orders of the Oberá federal court and prosecutor.[1] Squadron 50 Posadas officers, acting on a federal court order, opened a courier parcel and found 16 plastic packages of cannabis sativa weighing 9 kilos 124 grams.[1]
The responsible magistrates in each case ordered the detention of those involved, formal records and seizure of the drug for infringing Law 23.737 on narcotics.[1]
