163.5 kg of marijuana seized at Puerto Pique Pescador, Misiones
Prefectura Naval Argentina found 13 packages holding 163.55 kg of marijuana in riverside vegetation at Puerto Pique Pescador on the Paraná River in Misiones after a motorboat crossed from Paraguay. No one was detained, the load was valued at more than 620 million pesos, and the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Iguazú took over the case.
🇦🇷 Puerto Pique Pescador, kilometre 1,867.5 of the Paraná River, Misiones · Argentina
No one was detained after the motorboat that crossed the river quickly returned
to Paraguay, the country it came from.[1]The Federal Prosecutor’s Office in
Iguazú, led by federal prosecutor Marcelo José Bernachea, ordered the 13
packages moved to a Prefectura facility for further proceedings.[1]
Prefectura officers searching among the riverside vegetation at Puerto Pique
Pescador found 13 packages containing 163.55 kilograms of marijuana.[1]The
authorities valued the load at more than 620 million pesos.[1]
Prefectura’s criminal-intelligence and investigations unit had warned of a
possible entry of marijuana from Paraguay, which prompted the surveillance.[2]Officers deployed river and land units to the site to carry out the search.[3]The National Security Ministry presents the seizure as part of its border
anti-crime controls carried out by Prefectura Naval Argentina, the country’s
coast guard.[1]376 reported that the boat quickly headed back towards
Paraguay after the crossing and that river and land units then swept the sector.[2]
376 described the load as a cargo valued under an official estimate at more than
620 million pesos.[2]
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Seized marijuana from the Puerto Pique Pescador operation, published on the Security Ministry's account of the seizure. Photo: Security Ministry / Argentine Naval PrefecturePhoto details
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Source: Ministerio de Seguridad NacionalFurther photograph of the 13 packages seized at Puerto Pique Pescador, published on the Security Ministry's account of the seizure. Photo: Security Ministry / Argentine Naval PrefecturePhoto details
The agency account gives no separate date for the operation; 11 August 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
No arrests, identities or charges were reported; the boat's occupants were not identified and the case was only sent for further proceedings.
The value of more than 620 million pesos is the authorities' estimate and is recorded as Argentine pesos.
The weight is published as 163,550 kilos, read as 163.55 kilograms using the Spanish decimal comma.
The two photographs on the agency page have no captions, alt text or named photographer, so they are linked on the strength of the article they illustrate rather than a confirmed caption.
Both outlets reproduce the Prefectura and Security Ministry account; no independent reporting from the scene was found.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in 376: Surveillance had spotted a motorboat crossing at kilometre 1,867.5 of the Paraná River, in the area known as Puerto Pique Pescador.
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