Man arrested picking up 5.035 kg marijuana parcel in Reconquista
Gendarmerie officers intercepted 5.035 kg of cannabis buds in a parcel at General Lucio V. Mansilla, Formosa, replaced it with inert material and followed it under controlled delivery. An adult man was arrested when he came to collect the parcel at a private-mail branch in Reconquista, Santa Fe, and was placed at the court's disposal.
An adult came to a private-mail branch in Reconquista, Santa Fe, to collect the
flagged parcel, and gendarmes identified and detained him and placed him at the
disposal of the intervening magistrate.[1]The Federal Prosecutor’s Office and
Federal Court No. 2 of Formosa had ordered the drug seized and replaced with
inert material and the parcel sent on under controlled delivery to identify the
recipient.[1]
Officers of the Puerto Velaz section of Squadron 15 Bajo Paraguay inspected a
parcel-transport load during checks on National Route 11 at kilometre 1,103 in
General Lucio V. Mansilla, Formosa.[1]A scanner check of one box showed
irregular bodies like those used to pack drugs, and opening it revealed
rectangular bags holding 5 kilos035 grams of cannabis sativa in bud form.[1]
With the Avellaneda complex-crimes investigations unit, the force posted
officers at the private-mail branch in Reconquista to await the recipient.[1]Infoqom reported the joint Formosa–Santa Fe operation ended with the detention
in Reconquista of the man who came to collect the parcel carrying more than five
kilograms of marijuana already detected by the Gendarmerie.[2]The outlet
described the detention as dismantling an interprovincial drug-distribution
manoeuvre under the Formosa magistrate’s direction.[2]
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Gendarmerie photo published with the release on the parcel intercepted in Formosa and delivered under watch to Reconquista. Photo: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina.Photo details
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Open questions the AI reported
The release gives no separate date for the roadside check or the Reconquista pickup; 9 December 2025 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The detained recipient was described only as an adult man; no name, age or nationality was published.
No charge, hearing or later court outcome beyond placement at the intervening magistrate's disposal was reported.
No street value for the 5.035 kg was published.
The 5.035 kg was the seized drug weight before substitution; the parcel collected in Reconquista contained inert material.
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