8 hectares of cannabis destroyed in Nacunday reserve
A prosecutor-led police team destroyed 8 hectares of growing marijuana in the Nacunday natural reserve in Alto Paraná on 9 February 2026. Officers cut two 4-hectare plots at Chacore'i under an Iruña court order after field tests confirmed the crop.
🇵🇾 Chacore'i, Ñacunday, Alto Paraná · Paraguay
Area
8 ha
Agencies
Public Ministry of Paraguay, National Police Anti-Narcotics Department
On 9 February 2026 at around 06:15, a prosecutor-police team carried out a
court-ordered eradication operation under a warrant from the Iruña criminal
court and Judge Miguel Ángel Brítez.[1]The team was led by anti-drug
prosecutor Elvio Aguilera Vázquez with other Public Ministry officials and
officers of the National Police Anti-Narcotics Department.[2]The 8 hectares
of marijuana were on a property in the natural reserve at Chacore’i in Nacunday
district.[2]The field lay inside the forest reserve of Nacunday National Park
in Alto Paraná.[2]
Officers first found a 4-hectare plot of the hallucinogenic herb in its growth
stage after walking about 2,000 metres along an embankment road.[2]After a
preliminary field test came back positive, they cut and destroyed that planting
because its volume made removal impossible.[2]The team then found a second
trail leading to another 4-hectare plot that was also developing.[2]Following
the same protocol, the second planting was fully destroyed.[1]In total, the
operation eliminated 8 hectares, causing significant economic losses to the
marijuana growers.[2]
Photos and video
The marijuana field located in the Nacunday nature reserve at Chacore'i. Photo: Teresa Fretes via ABC Color.Photo details
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