Gendarmes seize 309 kg of marijuana on Parana bank in Misiones
Gendarmeria Nacional gendarmes seized 309.31 kg of marijuana in 352 bricks on a Parana riverbank near Puerto Rico, Misiones, after smugglers unloading a boat fled toward Paraguay. The Federal Court and prosecutor in Obera ordered the drug seized under Law 23.737; no arrests were reported.
🇦🇷 Parana riverbank near Puerto Rico, Misiones · Argentina
Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina gendarmes from the Puerto Rico section of
Squadron 11 San Ignacio seized more than 309 kilograms of marijuana after
detecting a suspected smuggling move near the international border.[1]The
officers were on foot patrol during the early morning on a tributary of the
Parana river when they saw several people unloading bundles from a boat.[1]When the group noticed the officers, its members boarded a launch and fled
toward Paraguay, abandoning a boat and nine large bundles on the Argentine bank.[1]A second account says the men were unloading the bundles from the boat
toward the Argentine bank and fled toward Paraguay when they saw the federal
force.[2]
After securing the area, the gendarmes opened the packages and counted 352
bricks holding compacted plant material.[1]Criminalistics and forensic staff
field-tested the material with a positive result for cannabis sativa.[1]The
cannabis weighed 309 kilos310 grams in total.[2]
The Federal Court and Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Obera ordered the drug
seized for infringement of Law 23.737.[1]
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