More than 2,033 kg of marijuana seized in Puerto Rico, Misiones
Prefectura Naval Argentina officers seized more than 2,033 kilograms of marijuana packed in 2,114 pressed bricks on the Paraná riverbank at Puerto Rico, Misiones. The Federal Prosecutor's Office in Oberá took charge of the case; the force put the load's estimated value above 171 million pesos.
🇦🇷 Kilometre 1,750 of the Paraná River, Puerto Rico, Misiones · Argentina
Prefectura Naval Argentina officers seized a load of more than 2,033 kilograms
of marijuana on the coast of Puerto Rico, Misiones.[1]A Prefectura land
patrol found an abandoned pickup truck with its doors open near the Paraná
riverbank at kilometre 1,750, loaded with many packages.[1]
Because the cache appeared recently stockpiled, officers brought the
drug-detection dog Rango and his handler to the scene and found the rest of the
load scattered around the area.[1]Searches recovered 87 packages holding a
total of 2,114 pressed marijuana bricks weighing more than 2,033 kilograms.[1]The Prefectura put the seized drug’s estimated value at more than 171 million
pesos.[1]
Elonce reported the same seizure of more than 2,033 kilograms of marijuana on
the coast of Puerto Rico.[2]The Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Oberá, led by
Viviana Vallejos with secretary Arlindo Otto Kurtz, took charge of the case
after the Prefectura notified the federal judiciary.[1]
Case data
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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.
