Agents of Subcomisaría N° 9 in Colonia Yvype intervened in an operation at 14:00 on Monday 9 November on a rural road leading to Colonia Vista Alegre in Pedro Juan Caballero.[1] The officers got out of the patrol vehicle to ask the driver for documents during a routine patrol, and the driver accelerated to evade the check, brushed one of the officers and overturned about 200 metres away.[1][2] The driver was identified as 27-year-old Brazilian Antonio Víctor Da Silva, driving a Kia Picanto that tried to flee when approached by a patrol car.[3][2] Police reported that Da Silva had prior records for drug trafficking in 2020 and 2022, aggravated robbery in 2023 and criminal association in 2025.[2] He suffered an exposed fracture in his left arm and was apprehended while trying to escape under a wire fence, then moved under custody by volunteer firefighters to the Regional Hospital.[1][2]
Officers found about seven bags of pressed and loose suspected marijuana, plus gas cylinders and implements said to be for making processed marijuana, inside the car.[1] Police later weighed the load at 165.5 kg of marijuana: 66.1 kg of pressed marijuana, 96.4 kg of chopped marijuana, 2.3 kg of Dry type and 1.1 kg of Moroccan type.[2] Police described the load as pressed marijuana processed as ICE, considered a premium variety of the drug.[3] Investigators said several gas cylinders found in the car are used to process ICE-type marijuana.[3]
The black 2020 Kia Picanto had a plate reported for alleged loss or theft.[1] Police said a Quantum-system check showed the plate had a complaint for alleged loss or theft and that the car is registered to another person.[3] The case was reported to the National Police Anti-Narcotics Department and the specialized prosecution for the corresponding expert examinations.[1]
