SENAD eradicates three hectares of cannabis at Naranjito, San Pedro
On 17 February 2026 SENAD regional agents from Concepción, with special forces and prosecutor Abg. Juan Daniel Benítez, raided a rural property at Colonia Naranjito in General Resquín, San Pedro, eradicating about three hectares of growing cannabis that the agency estimated at 9,000 kilograms destroyed on the spot. No arrests were reported.
🇵🇾 Colonia Naranjito, General Resquín, San Pedro · Paraguay
On 17 February 2026 agents of Paraguay’s Secretaría Nacional Antidrogas (SENAD) from regional
department No. 7 in Concepción, with special forces and prosecutor Abg. Juan Daniel Benítez
of the Public Ministry, carried out a rural search at Colonia Naranjito in General Resquín
district, San Pedro department.[1]
Concepción al Día reported that they eradicated about three hectares of suspected marijuana
in the growth stage and destroyed the crop on site.[1]The outlet said SENAD estimated the
intervention removed about 9,000 kilograms (nine tonnes) of marijuana from circulation and
published an aerial photograph credited to the agency showing the plots detected before the
clearance.[1]
Only Concepción al Día was found reporting this 17 February operation with these figures; no second independent outlet was located in the search done for this report.
The 9,000 kilogram figure is the agency's estimated production from the three hectares, not weighed seized material.
The article does not name the exact day of the field raid beyond the 17 February publication date.
No cultivators were reported arrested.
The map uses the Naranjito area in General Resquín; the rural property is not geolocated more precisely.
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