Prefectura Naval Argentina seized 245 kilograms of marijuana in Montecarlo, Misiones, in a night operation coordinated by the Security Ministry.[1] Officers using a night-vision monocular spotted a motorboat crossing from the Paraguayan bank into Argentine territory with several bundles aboard.[1] The crossing was at kilometre 1784 of the Paraná River, at a natural port known as Areco.[1] The Misiones daily El Territorio reported the seizure in Montecarlo the same evening, under the same ministry account.[2] When officers approached and combed the bank they found eight packages scattered around.[1] The packages held 316 bricks of marijuana weighing 245 kilograms in total.[3]

The force put the value of the load at more than 657 million pesos.[3] Radio Up, a Misiones outlet, described the haul as one of the largest seizures in the region so far this year.[4] The case is with the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Eldorado, led by Liliam Edith Delgado, and the Federal Court in Eldorado, under Miguel Ángel Guerrero.[3] Radio Up said the two offices would investigate to find those responsible for the trafficking.[4] No arrests, detainees or crew members are reported, and the accounts do not say whether the boat was stopped.[1]