Prefectura seizes 263 kg of marijuana from a boat in Puerto Rico, Misiones
Prefectura Naval Argentina officers found 263 kilos of marijuana hidden inside a boat at kilometre 1742 of the Paraná River in Puerto Rico, Misiones, during the early hours of 26 June 2023. The load was split into 14 sacks and seized on the orders of the Oberá federal prosecutor's office; the Prefectura valued it at more than 130 million pesos.
🇦🇷 kilometre 1742 of the Paraná River, Puerto Rico, Misiones · Argentina
Prefectura Naval Argentina officers seized263 kilos of marijuana in a procedure
in Puerto Rico, Misiones, as part of border-zone controls to prevent crime.[1]The operation took place during the early hours at kilometre 1742 of the Paraná
River, where a force patrol found the drug load hidden inside a boat.[1]
The 263 kilos were divided into 14 sacks.[1]Officers seized the marijuana on
the instructions of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Oberá, led by Viviana
Vallejos.[1]The Prefectura said the marijuana had a market value above 130
million pesos.[1]The Misiones outlet reported that the operation took place
in the early hours of that Monday.[2]
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