Two Brazilians and a Bolivian held with 258.65 kg of marijuana in Riberalta
Prosecutors and police in Riberalta, Beni, arrested two Brazilian citizens and a Bolivian after finding 258 kilos and 650 grams of marijuana in jute sacks in a room. The three were held for investigation of controlled-substance trafficking and awaited a custody hearing.
Two Brazilians, Ananias A.A. and Tiarles A.R., and a Bolivian, Gabriel N.I.,
were arrested in Riberalta, in the Beni department of northeastern Bolivia,
after prosecutors and the Bolivian police found them handling sacks of
marijuana.[1]Beni’s departmental prosecutor, Gerardo Balderas, said the three
were being investigated for traffickingcontrolled substances.[1]
The operation took place at about 4:50 a.m. in Riberalta, where officers watched
several nervous men carry light-blue jute sacks towards a room.[2]Two
motorcycles, one black and one red, were parked near the building.[2]Inside
the room officers found nine jute sacks of brick-shaped packages wrapped in
adhesive tape, and field tests came back positive for marijuana.[2]
The marijuana weighed 258 kilos and 650 grams, according to the weighing of the
seized substance.[1]The three men were waiting to be taken before a judge to
have their pre-trial detention decided, according to the prosecutor’s account
published the day after the arrest.[2]The prosecutor’s office said the
detainees were waiting to be brought before a court that decides custody, and
the seizure was found in a house in Riberalta.[3]
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Open questions the AI reported
The news accounts give no separate date for the raid; 16 July 2025 is inferred from the prosecutor's office statement dated 17 July 2025 and the articles published on 17 and 18 July, and is used as the incident date.
The outcome of the custody hearing, any charges filed and any sentence were not reported in the opened accounts.
No street value for the marijuana was published, so no value is recorded.
The weight is the authorities' scale reading, not an independent laboratory result.
The prosecutor's office statement on fiscalia.gob.bo could not be opened directly; the three opened outlets all restate it.
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