Two held on Ruta 7 in Misiones with 231 kg of marijuana in car
Gendarmería officers chased a car that fled a checkpoint on Ruta Provincial Nº 7 in Misiones and detained its two occupants after they entered a rural road and tried to dump their load. Officers seized 312 packages of marijuana weighing 231 kilos 214 grams, and the Oberá federal court ordered the drug and car seized.
🇦🇷 Ruta Provincial Nº 7, Santo Pipó, Misiones · Argentina
Gendarmes of Grupo Santo Pipó, under Squadron 11 San Ignacio, were posted on
Ruta Provincial Nº 7 at a checkpoint when the driver of a car saw them, turned
sharply and fled.[1]After a lockdown operation alerting other units of the
force, the gendarmes following the car saw it turn into a rural road.[1]The
car’s two occupants tried to discard part of the load and escape on foot, and
were detained.[1]
Inside the car, officers saw numerous plastic-wrapped bundles with blue packages
in the rear compartment.[1]The search counted 312 rectangular packages
holding a compact substance that tested positive for marijuana, weighing 231
kilos214 grams.[1]
The Oberá federal court and federal prosecutor’s office took the case and
ordered the drug and the car seized.[1]They ordered the two people held in
detention incommunicado.[1]
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First Gendarmería photo in the release, placed after the account of the driver turning away from the checkpoint on Ruta Provincial Nº 7. Photo: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina.Photo details
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