Gendarmerie seizes 7,949 kg of marijuana from a truck near Montecarlo
Gendarmería Nacional Argentina found 7,949 kilos 250 grams of cannabis sativa in a Brazilian-flagged refrigerated lorry stopped on Route 12 near Montecarlo, Misiones, on 3 July 2024. The Federal Court of Eldorado ordered the Brazilian driver held incommunicado and the drug and lorry seized under law 23.737.
Gendarmería Nacional Argentina officers stopped a Brazilian-flagged refrigerated
lorry on National Route 12 near Montecarlo, in northern Misiones, and found
7,949 kilos250 grams of cannabis sativa hidden in its semi-trailer.[1]The
trailer’s load seal had been broken, and the anti-narcotics dog Loana reacted to
the load in front of witnesses.[1]The Federal Court of Eldorado ordered the
load section opened, and inside officers counted 346 bundles holding 8,827
rectangular packages.[1]The unit’s criminalistics and forensic officers ran
Narcotest field tests, which were positive for cannabis sativa.[2]
The court ordered the arrest of the Brazilian driver, held incommunicado, along
with the seizure of the drug and the lorry.[2]The case was handled by the
Federal Court of Eldorado under Argentina’s narcotics law 23.737.[1]
The gendarmes of Squadron 10 El Dorado ran a cordon operation around Montecarlo
after investigating a lorry suspected of smuggling, with the Montecarlo section,
the Eldorado road section and the Eldorado complex-crimes investigations unit
taking part.[2]Gendarmería called it the largest marijuana seizure of the
current administration to that date.[3]The lorry was a refrigerated
international freight vehicle used for smuggling that had come from Brazil.[4]
La Voz del Interior reported the seizure took place on Wednesday 3 July 2024,
when officers inspected a freight vehicle travelling from Brazil.[5]Infobae
reported that the investigating magistrate ordered the driver’s detention along
with the seizure of the drug and the truck, for infringement of law 23.737.[6]
Photos and video
Gendarmería handout photo published with the release on the Montecarlo seizure, shown without a caption or credit.Photo details
Infobaeinfobae.comESGendarmería incautó más de 7.900 kilos de marihuana dentro de un camión frigorífico en Misiones
Open questions the AI reported
The submitted release is dated 3 July 2024 without stating when the stop happened; Gendarmería's follow-up release says the lorry was stopped 'in the early hours of yesterday' and was published on 4 July 2024, and La Voz del Interior says the seizure took place on Wednesday 3 July, so 3 July is used as the incident date.
The release names Montecarlo only as the access to the town, without a kilometre on National Route 12; coordinates are the Montecarlo town centre at locality precision.
The driver is described only as a Brazilian adult; his name, age and any later charge, pre-trial detention or court outcome are not reported.
No street value was published for the 7,949.250 kg.
The sources describe the substance as cannabis sativa but do not say whether it was buds, pressed marijuana or both, or how it was packed inside the 346 bundles.
All the accounts repeat Gendarmería's own version; no independent reporting of the seizure was found.
The number of packages in the bundles is given only in the force's later release and by El Territorio, Infobae and Expresión del Sur, not in the submitted release.
The handout photos on the government page carry no captions or credits, so what each one shows beyond belonging to this operation is not established.
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