SENAD intercepts over 20 kg of US premium cannabis in air parcels at Asunción
In the week to 16 October 2026 SENAD at Asunción's Silvio Pettirossi airport seized over 20 kg of high-THC cannabis from US air parcels concealed in household goods, which the agency valued above USD 280,000 for the Brazilian market it cites as the destination.
🇵🇾 Aeropuerto Internacional Silvio Pettirossi, Luque, Central · Paraguay
- Cannabis
- 20.02 kg
Special agents of Paraguay’s SENAD working at the Silvio Pettirossi international airport removed
more than 20 kg of premium cannabis from incoming air parcels during the week reported on 16 October
2026.[1][2] The drug arrived from the United States in consumer-goods packaging, including tractor
oil filters, a baby-bottle steriliser, royal jelly containers, insecticide bottles and coffee
packs, and was described as high-THC cannabis aimed at the Brazilian market.[1][2]
Both outlets list five interceptions at the airport that together reached 20.020 kg: about 10.1 kg in
tractor oil filters, 4 kg in a steriliser, 2.145 kg in royal jelly packaging, 2.125 kg in
insecticides and 1.65 kg in coffee packets.[1][2] SENAD told reporters the cumulative load was worth
more than USD 280,000 in Brazil, where premium cannabis can reach USD 14,000 per kilogram.[1][2]
The last parcel described was detected on Thursday 16 October from Miami, with more than 2 kg of
cannabis hidden inside insecticide containers.[1][2] Controls involved SENAD, customs and detector
dog teams, according to SENAD posts quoted by the newspapers.[1]
Sources
- Encomiendas de EE. UU.: sacan de circulación más de 20 kilos de marihuana premium. La Nación (Paraguay), 16 October 2026. In Spanish. Archived copy.
- Encomiendas de EE. UU.: sacan de circulación más de 20 kilos de marihuana premium. Diario Paraguayo, 16 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- La Nación and Diario Paraguayo list five separate courier interceptions totalling 20.020 kg; this report treats them as one airport enforcement series for the week, not five distinct dated raids.
- Hechos and 1000 Noticias describe individual parcels on 12 and 16 October with slightly different weights for the filter and steriliser shipments; the cumulative breakdown follows La Nación.
- No individual senders or recipients were named, and no arrests were reported in the sources opened.
- SENAD's Twitter posts quoted by La Nación also mentioned a liquid cocaine parcel to Germany on 15 October; that cocaine shipment is excluded from this cannabis report.
