SENAD seizes 1,443 kg of pressed marijuana from an abandoned Hilux
On 26 March 2026 SENAD agents on preventive vehicle checks in Colonia Estrella, Pedro Juan Caballero, found a black Toyota Hilux abandoned on a side road with 1,505 packages of pressed marijuana weighing 1,443 kg. Occupants fled before officers reached the truck; prosecutor Celso Morales supervised the seizure bound for Brazil.
🇵🇾 Colonia Estrella, Pedro Juan Caballero, Amambay · Paraguay
- Cannabis
- 1.443 t
At about 07:30 on Thursday 26 March 2026, special agents of Paraguay’s SENAD were conducting
preventive checks on vehicles, people and cargo in Colonia Estrella, in Pedro Juan Caballero.[1]
They spotted a pickup whose occupants fled down a side road when they noticed the patrol, leaving
the vehicle behind with the illicit load.[2][1]
Inside the abandoned truck, officers counted 1,505 packages of pressed marijuana with a total
weight of 1,443 kg.[2][1] SENAD seized the cargo and the Toyota Hilux used to move it; ABC Color
describes a Hilux without a visible plate.[2][1]
Preliminary inquiries suggested the shipment was headed for Brazil.[2][1] Fiscal agent Celso
Morales of the public prosecutor’s office accompanied the operation and ordered the evidence secured
for investigation.[2][1]
The drugs and vehicle were taken to the regional SENAD base in Pedro Juan Caballero for weighing and
custody.[1]
Sources
- Incautan más de 1,4 toneladas de marihuana en Pedro Juan Caballero. ABC Color, 28 March 2026. In Spanish. Archived copy.
- SENAD INCAUTA MÁS DE 1,4 TONELADAS DE MARIHUANA EN PEDRO JUAN CABALLERO. Secretaría Nacional Antidrogas (Paraguay), 28 March 2026. In Spanish. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- No arrests were made because the occupants escaped before the vehicle was secured.
- ABC Color says the Hilux had no visible licence plate; Amambay Urgente adds that chassis numbers were missing, hindering immediate identification of the owner.
- ABC published on 28 March while Amambay Urgente timed the raid from about 07:30 on 26 March; this report uses 26 March 2026 as the event date.
- No court charges or sentences were reported in the sources opened.
