SENAD destroys four hectares and 13.6 tonnes at Takua Ju
On 29 October 2026 Paraguay's SENAD reported eradicating four hectares of cannabis — about 12 tonnes — and destroying 1,600 kg of drying marijuana at the Indigenous colony Takua Ju in Yby Pytã, Canindeyú. No one was found at the site.
🇵🇾 Colonia Indígena Takua Ju, Yby Pytã, Canindeyú · Paraguay
- Arrested
- 0
- Hectares
- 4
- Cannabis
- 13,600 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- USD 2,000,000
Agents of Paraguay’s anti-drug secretariat, SENAD, from the Salto del Guairá regional department,
eradicated four hectares of illicit cannabis in the Indigenous colony Takua Ju, in the district of
Yby Pytã, Canindeyú department.[1][2][3] The agency said the cleared fields were equivalent to about
12 tonnes of marijuana.[1][2][3]
They also destroyed another 1,600 kilograms of marijuana that was drying, and dismantled a makeshift
camp used to store tools and gear for the crop.[1][2][3] Together the destroyed material comes to
13,600 kilograms.[1] SENAD estimated that selling that quantity on the Brazilian market would have
brought more than USD 2 million to the criminal groups involved.[1][2][3]
Prosecutor Juan Benegas accompanied the operation.[1][2][3] Última Hora, citing SENAD, says no one
was found at the site and no arrests were made.[2]
Sources
- Eliminan más de 13 toneladas de marihuana en Yby Pytã. Diario HOY, 29 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Agentes antidrogas destruyen 12 toneladas de marihuana en colonia indígena de Canindeyú. Última Hora, 29 October 2026. In Spanish.
- SENAD interviene foco de microtráfico en Concepción y elimina cuatro hectáreas de marihuana. ADN Digital, 29 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no separate field date; 29 October 2026 is the publication date of the SENAD accounts opened.
- The USD 2 million figure is SENAD's estimate of Brazilian street proceeds for the destroyed crop, not a court valuation.
- A separate SENAD micro-trafficking arrest the same day in Concepción is a different event left out here.