Gendarmerie seizes 10 tonnes of marijuana in three Misiones checks
Gendarmería Nacional officers in Misiones seized 10,092 kilos 447 grams of cannabis sativa in three procedures on 14 May 2022, most of it in a Brazilian-flagged truck stopped at Campo Grande, and arrested two people. The Oberá federal court and prosecutor's office ordered the drug, three vehicles, cash and phones seized.
🇦🇷 Paraje 18, Jardín América, and Campo Grande, Misiones · Argentina
Gendarmes of the Núcleo section of Squadron 9 Oberá detained a motorcyclist on
Ruta Provincial 39 at Paraje 18, Jardín América, after he stopped and threw away
a black rucksack that held 5 kilos295 grams of cannabis sativa.[1]
While officers were still working at the same spot, a Volkswagen Amarok drove
past at speed and its driver struck the gendarmes before continuing; the vehicle
was later found abandoned with 47 bundles holding 1,135 kilos088 grams of
marijuana inside and in the cargo bed.[1]The same squadron, with other units,
stopped a Brazilian-flagged truck on Ruta Nacional 14 at Campo Grande, and after
a narcotics dog reacted and a judge authorised moving the vehicle to the unit,
officers counted 307 bundles holding 8,952 kilos064 grams of cannabis sativa.[1]
The Oberá federal court and federal prosecutor’s office handled all three cases
and ordered the seizure of 10,092 kilos447 grams of the drug, the confiscation
of the vehicles, cash, phones and other items, and the detention of the two
people arrested.[1]Canal Doce Misiones dated the first two operations to
Saturday 14 May 2022, in the same Jardín América and Campo Grande area.[2]
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The release says only that the procedures happened 'yesterday', and Canal Doce dates the first two to Saturday 14 May 2022; the truck stop at Campo Grande may have occurred on a different day during the same round.
The exact time and order of the three procedures are unclear; the release says the Amarok passed while officers were still working at the first spot.
The two detained people are not named, and no ages or specific charges were reported.
No street value for the 10,092.447 kg was published.
The substance was confirmed by Narcotest field tests, not by laboratory analysis.
The vehicles, cash and phones were ordered confiscated, but only the number of vehicles is stated.
The 10,092.447 kg total is the sum the release states for the three procedures, not a separately weighed single load.
Canal Doce's article reproduces the government release almost verbatim, so it provides no independent confirmation of the account.
The release photos carry no captions; what each shows is inferred from its placement in the text.
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