2.55 tonnes of marijuana seized from a van in Puerto Rico, Misiones
Gendarmería officers stopped a Mercedes Benz Sprinter van in the Misiones city of Puerto Rico and seized 2,553.206 kilograms of marijuana, packed as 2,611 “ladrillos” in 96 bundles, detaining the Argentine driver under Law 23.737. The seizure was opened and confirmed by the federal court in Oberá.
Gendarmerie officers stopped a Mercedes Benz Sprinter van and seized 2,611
packages totalling 2,553.206 kilograms of cannabis sativa from it in the
Misiones city of Puerto Rico.[1]Members of Escuadrón 11 “San Ignacio”,
together with other units of the force, were patrolling Puerto Rico when they
stopped the van, driven by an Argentine citizen.[1]The van held large
bundles, three amorphous and 93 rectangular, that gave off a strong smell of
marijuana.[1]The gendarmes opened the bundles in the presence of witnesses
and with the authorisation of the federal court in Oberá, and field Narcotest
tests found the material was cannabis sativa.[1]The gendarmes seized the
entire drug load and detained the driver under Law 23.737, Argentina’s narcotics
law.[1]
A separate Conclusión account reproduces the same Gendarmería statement with the
same place, quantities and detention.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No separate date was published for the stop; the Gendarmería release says “yesterday” relative to its 30 July 2022 publication, so 29 July is used as the incident date.
No charges, hearing or court outcome beyond the detention and the seizure order was reported in these accounts.
The sources give no figure for the value of the seized marijuana or its origin or destination.
The two images on the Gendarmería release have no caption or credit identifying what they show, so they are not listed as media.
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