3 kg of marijuana and hashish seized near Santa Ana, Misiones
Two people on a motorcycle fled a Gendarmería check on Provincial Routes 103 and 4 near Santa Ana, Misiones, abandoning a backpack with marijuana and hashish. Field tests put the load at 3.001 kg of marijuana and 0.95 grams of hashish, which the federal magistrate ordered seized.
🇦🇷 Provincial Routes 103 and 4 near Santa Ana, Misiones · Argentina
Gendarmes of Escuadrón Núcleo 50 “Posadas”, supported by the Grupo Operativo de
Investigaciones y Procedimientos posted on secondary roads, were checking
Provincial Routes 103 and 4 near Santa Ana, Misiones, when they spotted a
motorcycle carrying two people who fled at high speed on seeing the officers.[1]During the chase the two riders threw away a black backpack that gave off a
strong marijuana-like smell when the gendarmes picked it up.[1]The two people
on the motorcycle escaped during the pursuit.[1]
In the presence of witnesses, officers opened the bag and found four
ochre-coloured rectangular packages and a fifth package wrapped in black nylon.[1]After the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Posadas ordered the items moved to
the unit, criminalistics officers carried out Narcotest field tests that
identified the contents as cannabis sativa with a total weight of 3 kilos001
grams of marijuana and 0.950 grams of hashish.[1]
The intervening magistrate ordered the seizure of the drugs and the other items
of interest.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The account gives no separate day for the road check; 5 October 2020 is the statement's publication date and is used as the incident date.
The two riders fled and no arrests, names, nationalities, charges or court outcome were reported.
The substance identification rests on Narcotest field tests by Criminalística; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
The 0.950 grams of hashish is the small second quantity stated alongside the 3 kilos 001 grams of marijuana.
The same article's second procedure found 1,500 packs of foreign cigarettes in a Fiat Palio; it involves only tobacco contraband and is left out of this cannabis report.
The account rests on a single official Gendarmería statement; reprints on MisionesCuatro and CorrientesHoy could not be opened, so no independent corroboration was found.
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