Prefectura Naval Argentina officers seized more than 550 kg of marijuana from 25 abandoned bundles holding 647 bricks on the Paraná River coast at Posadas. The canoe-borne load had crossed from Paraguay, and the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Corrientes took charge of the case.
🇦🇷 La Cantera, kilometre 1568 of the Paraná River, Posadas, Misiones · Argentina
Prefectura Naval Argentina officers seized more than 550 kilograms of marijuana
on the coast of the Misiones city of Posadas, in a shipment brought by boat from
Paraguay.[1]The operation began while officers patrolling the area to prevent
crime spotted a canoe loaded with several bundles approaching the Argentine
coast from Paraguay.[1]The canoe reached the shore at La Cantera, at
kilometre 1568 of the Paraná River.[1]When officers reached the spot, they
found 25 bundles abandoned on the shore.[1]Inside the bundles, officers found
647 marijuana bricks weighing more than 550 kilos.[1]
The ministry put the value of the seized shipment at 41,500,000 pesos.[1]The
ministry noted that officers of the force had seized more than two tonnes of
drugs that week.[1]The Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Corrientes Province,
under Dr. Flavio Ferrini with sole secretary Dr. Juan Resoagli, intervenes in
the case.[1]
Photos and video
Uncaptioned handout photo published with the Security Ministry's account of the Posadas seizure of more than 550 kg of marijuana.Photo details
The release gives no separate date for the operation, so 18 July 2020 is the publication date used as the incident date.
The release states the weight only as more than 550 kilos, so 550 kg is recorded as the supported minimum.
The release names no arrests, suspects or seized boat; the bundles are described only as found abandoned.
The release does not say who estimated the 41,500,000-peso value.
The referenced seizure of more than two tonnes of drugs that week is a separate enforcement total and is not counted in the cannabis figures.
Only one accessible source for this event was found; the page photo carries no caption or credit, so it is linked on the strength of the release it illustrates.
The exact spot at La Cantera is not geocodable, so the pin is the centre of Posadas.
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