5.2 kg of marijuana found in a toy-box parcel at Asunción airport
Officers of Paraguay's National Directorate of Tax Revenue (DNIT) found 5.2 kg of suspected marijuana hidden in packages inside a toy box shipped from Miami at Silvio Pettirossi airport, and an AirTag tracker in the parcel began to sound as they handled it. The case passed to the anti-drug secretariat SENAD, and the substance still had to be tested to confirm it was marijuana.
🇵🇾 Aeropuerto Internacional Silvio Pettirossi, Luque, Central · Paraguay
- Cannabis
- 5.2 kg
Officers of Paraguay’s National Directorate of Tax Revenue (DNIT) found 5.2 kg
of suspected marijuana in a box of toys during a check of express courier cargo
at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.[1] The shipment had come from
Miami, United States, and was in the cargo depot of the national civil aviation
authority (DINAC), where the checks took place.[1] Inside the box they found
several packages hidden among the toys.[2] During the procedure, an AirTag
tracking device hidden in the parcel began to sound.[1] Tracking devices of
that kind are commonly used by drug-trafficking networks to follow the location
of drug loads, according to La Nación.[1]
The DNIT alerted the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD), Paraguay’s
anti-drug agency, which was to continue the proceedings.[3] Officers drew up a
formal record of the inspection.[3] The substance still had to be tested to
confirm its composition.[3] The DNIT said it keeps strengthening checks on
cargo entering Paraguay to detect possible illicit substances and alert the
competent authorities.[3]
Sources
- Incautan supuesta marihuana en caja de juguetes durante control en el aeropuerto. La Nación, 30 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Detectan presunta marihuana escondida entre juguetes enviados desde Miami. Diario HOY, 29 October 2026. In Spanish.
- DNIT detecta presunta marihuana oculta en una caja de juguetes en el Aeropuerto Silvio Pettirossi. Dirección Nacional de Ingresos Tributarios (DNIT), 29 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- Neither the DNIT statement nor the newspaper reports give a separate date for the inspection; 29 October 2026 is the date of the DNIT statement and of the earliest report.
- No suspect, recipient or sender was named, and no arrest or detention was reported over the parcel.
- The 5.2 kg refers to presumed marijuana that still had to be tested; no laboratory result, street value or final destination was reported.
- The reports reproduce the DNIT's account and no separate statement from SENAD on this parcel was found.
- The reports do not say whether the AirTag was still transmitting or whether it led investigators to anyone.
