Task force destroys 3 hectares and 9,300 kg of marijuana in Itapúa
A joint task force destroyed three hectares of marijuana and 9,300 kilograms of the drug in the San Lorenzo community of San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa, on 31 October 2026. Prosecutors are investigating a criminal organisation they say was buying weapons with trafficking proceeds.
🇵🇾 San Lorenzo, San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa · Paraguay
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Area
3 ha
Cannabis
9.3 t
Value (official estimate)
USD 1,350,000
The Joint Task Force South (FTC Sur), with soldiers from the Military
Intelligence Battalion, destroyed illegal marijuana plantations in the San
Lorenzo community of San Pedro del Paraná district, Itapúa, on 31 October 2026.[1][2][3]The operation was carried out at the request of the Public Prosecutor’s
Office, under prosecutor Rocío Valdez of the specialised anti-drug unit.[1][2]
Prosecutors are investigating a suspected criminal organisation that the
operation’s participants say was buying weapons with proceeds from drug
trafficking.[1][2]
Officers destroyed three hectares of plants, a makeshift camp and 5 kg of
seeds, and burned 300 kg of chopped marijuana stacked in bags.[1][2][3]The total
destroyed was 9,300 kg of marijuana, the authorities said.[1][2][3]
They estimated the organisations would lose about USD 1,350,000 in sales on the
foreign market.[1][2]
The task force works under the Internal Defence Operations Command (CODI), which
supports the Public Prosecutor’s Office against organised crime.[1]The
reports did not say who owned the land or whether anyone was detained.[1][2]
Photos and video
A composite of three photographs of the operation: an aerial view of the burning field, officers beside uprooted plants and the CODI-FTC banner, and the security force lined up at the site. Photo: CODI-FTC / Itapúa en Noticias. Source: Itapúa en NoticiasMembers of the joint task force and a CODI-FTC banner lined up on cleared ground at the San Lorenzo site. Photo: CODI-FTC / Itapúa en Noticias. Source: Itapúa en NoticiasTwo armed officers and a civilian beside the CODI-FTC banner and a pile of uprooted cannabis plants, with smoke rising behind. Photo: CODI-FTC / Itapúa en Noticias. Source: Itapúa en NoticiasAerial view of the cleared and burning cannabis field in San Lorenzo. Photo: CODI-FTC / Itapúa en Noticias. Source: Itapúa en NoticiasA parcel of the marijuana plantings that were destroyed in San Lorenzo. Photo: La Tribuna. Source: La Tribuna
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