Gendarmes find 2.06 kg of marijuana in a suitcase on a bus in Misiones
Gendarmes of Squadron 8 "Alto Uruguay" stopped a long-distance bus on Provincial Route 10 in Misiones and found 2 kilos 060 grams of marijuana in a suitcase in the hold, hidden behind fruit and vegetables in a double bottom. The Federal Court and Federal Prosecutor's Office of Posadas ordered the drug seized and inquiries continued to find who owned the luggage; no arrest was reported.
🇦🇷 Ruta Provincial 10, San Pedro department, Misiones · Argentina
Gendarmes of the “Azara” group of Squadron 8 “Alto Uruguay” stopped a
long-distance bus at a roadside check on Provincial Route 10 in Misiones
province.[1]The bus had set out from San Pedro, Misiones, and was heading for
Retiro in Buenos Aires.[1]While the hold was being searched, the
anti-narcotics dog “León” reacted strongly to a suitcase.[1]
Forensic staff opened the suitcase and found fruit and vegetables, and under
them a double bottom holding eight packages.[1]Field Narcotest tests came
back positive for marijuana, with a total weight of 2 kilos060 grams.[1]Before opening it, the gendarmes put the luggage through a scanner and saw
foreign bodies inside.[1]
MisionesOnline reported that the officers noticed the luggage had no
identification of its owner.[2]The Federal Court and the Federal Prosecutor’s
Office of Posadas, the federal court and prosecutor in the provincial capital,
ordered the whole drug load seized.[3]The court also ordered inquiries to
continue to find whoever was responsible for the load.[1]The Posadas federal
justice ordered the drug seized and the inquiry continued to find whoever was
responsible.[4]
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Gendarmería handout photograph carried inside the release on the suitcase found in the bus hold, placed after the passage on the eight packages taken from the double bottom; the page gives no caption or credit. Photo: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina.Photo details
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Source: Argentina.gob.ar (Gendarmería Nacional Argentina)First of four handout photos in the Gendarmería's fuller account of the same seizure, placed after the passage on the sniffer dog reacting to the suitcase; no caption is given. Photo: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina.Photo details
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Source: Argentina.gob.ar (Gendarmería Nacional Argentina)Fourth handout photo in the same release, placed after the passage on the Posadas federal court ordering the drug seized; no caption is given. Photo: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina.Photo details
The release gives no time of day for the check, but describes it as happening in the night of the day before publication, so 18 August 2025 is used as the incident date.
No arrest was reported: the court ordered inquiries to find whoever was responsible for the suitcase, and the outlets give no name, age or nationality.
The suitcase carried no owner's identification, so the accounts do not say who checked it in or whether the bus crew was questioned.
The 2 kilos 060 grams come from a Narcotest field test positive for marijuana, not a laboratory analysis.
No street value, charge, hearing or later court outcome beyond the seizure and inquiry orders was reported.
The exact spot on Ruta Provincial 10 is not given; the pin marks the San Pedro department centre, through which the road runs and where the Grupo Azara and Escuadrón 8 operate.
The second Gendarmería page, MisionesOnline and Radio 3 repeat the same official account, Radio 3 crediting GNA, so no fully independent reporting was found.
The handout photos in both Gendarmería releases carry no captions or credits; what each shows is described only from its placement in the release.
MisionesOnline and Radio 3 republish the same Gendarmería handout images under other file names, so only the government pages are listed as media.
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