15 kg of marijuana found on Paraná bank at Puerto Esperanza
Gendarmería officers patrolling at Vera Cue, in Puerto Esperanza, Misiones, found two yellow-wrapped bundles holding 15 kilos 90 grams of marijuana among the vegetation by the Paraná. The Federal Court and prosecutor's office in Iguazú ordered the drug seized and the accounts name no arrests.
🇦🇷 Vera Cue, Puerto Esperanza, Misiones · Argentina
Gendarmería officers of Escuadrón 10 Eldorado patrolled the area known as
Vera-Cue in Puerto Esperanza by the Paraná riverbank.[1]Among the vegetation
officers found two bundles wrapped in yellow bags and packing tape resembling
drug-transport packaging.[1]Officers inspected the packages and a
Criminalistics Narcotest field test was positive for marijuana weighing 15 kilos90 grams.[1]The Federal Court and Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Iguazú
ordered the drug and items of interest seized.[1]The Vera-Cue find was
reported by Primera Edición as part of federal operations against drug
trafficking and smuggling in different points of Misiones with more than 927
kilos of marijuana seized in total.[2]The outlet reported that the Federal
Justice of Iguazú ordered the substance seized and inquiries continued to
establish its origin and destination.[2]
That car was later found empty on Provincial Route 20 holding 7,750 packs of
foreign cigarettes without customs approval.[1]
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Primera Ediciónprimeraedicion.com.arESIncautan más de 927 kilos de marihuana y miles de cigarrillos de contrabando en distintos operativos en Misiones
Open questions the AI reported
The agency statement gives 10 June 2026, its publication date, and names no separate day for the patrol; the incident is dated to that day.
The 927 kilos in the Primera Edición round-up is a total for several operations including a larger Comandante Andresito seizure, not this event, and is excluded from the figures.
The 7,750 cigarette packs belong to the separate Pozo Azul customs case and are excluded from cannabis figures.
Two other photos on the agency page show the seized cigarette packs from the Pozo Azul case rather than the marijuana and are not listed as media.
No street value, suspect identities or court outcome beyond the seizure order was reported.
Coordinates are for the town centre of Puerto Esperanza, not the Vera-Cue riverside sector.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Argentina.gob.ar (Gendarmería Nacional Argentina): Separately, officers of Escuadrón 12 Bernardo de Irigoyen signalled a Volkswagen Voyage to stop on Provincial Route 17 at kilometre 42 in Pozo Azul and the driver drove on.
Police in Salta detained a 26-year-old driver during a vehicle checkpoint on Ruta Nacional 9 in Campo Alegre, La Caldera. Officers from the División Investigación Narcocriminal 2 seized 70 doses of marijuana and cocaine after preliminary field tests.
Road police at the Subfluvial Tunnel control post identified a 33-year-old Buenos Aires man carrying cocaine and marijuana in a van. Field tests confirmed 2.1 grams of marijuana alongside 5.9 grams of cocaine, and the case was treated as simple possession.
Cleaning staff found a package of marijuana on a long-distance bus that had arrived at the Chajarí terminal in Entre Ríos after leaving Paraná, and the drivers called the police. Officers of the Federación department drug division tested and seized the substance and left the case with the prosecutor's office, with no one arrested.
Chaco police securing a woman's belongings from a room she rented in Resistencia found two cannabis seedlings, marijuana flowers and indoor growing equipment, and anti-drug officers' field tests were positive for marijuana. The woman was detained after another clash with the owner and released on the order of the anti-drug prosecutor's office, which kept the items but not the cash.
