Nueva Alianza 49 clears 253 hectares of cannabis on Brazil border
Paraguay's Senad and Brazil's Federal Police destroyed 253 hectares of cannabis plantations and seized 100.1 tonnes of harvested marijuana in a ten-day joint operation, keeping an estimated 859 tonnes out of circulation. Senad put the loss to traffickers at USD 25.7 million at Paraguayan prices and USD 128 million at Brazilian prices.
Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) and Brazil’s Federal Police destroyed 253 hectares of cannabis plantations in a ten-day joint effort, the 49th phase of Operation New Alliance on the two countries’ border.[1]Officers also seized and destroyed more than 100.1 tonnes of harvested marijuana, and dismantled over 170 pressing camps along with seed stocks.[1]
Senad said the operation worked through Itapopó, María Auxiliadora, Alpasa and Ñe’ã, a hard-to-reach zone on the border with Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state, where Brazilian criminal groups fund many of the farms and send the crop to Brazilian cities.[1]Counting both the cleared fields and the harvested drug, Senad estimated the phase kept 859 tonnes of marijuana out of circulation.[1]
Senad valued the blow at about USD 25.7 million at Paraguayan prices and USD 128 million at Brazilian market prices.[1]
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SENAD agents raided a rural property in Colonia Nueva Yaú, Capitán Bado, destroying 9 hectares of marijuana, 450 kg of chopped marijuana and five camps. Prosecutor Sarita Bonzi ordered everything incinerated on site while investigations continue to identify those responsible.
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.
SENAD’s Bella Vista Norte unit, using drones to map plots in the Timburi forest reserve, eradicated four hectares of illegal marijuana and destroyed 660 kg in 33 bales at a staging area; the agency estimated about twelve tonnes kept from the market under prosecutor Rossana Coronel’s supervision.
On 29 October 2026 Paraguay's SENAD reported eradicating four hectares of cannabis — about 12 tonnes — and destroying 1,600 kg of drying marijuana at the Indigenous colony Takua Ju in Yby Pytã, Canindeyú. No one was found at the site.
