In a new blow Drug trafficking Troops were stationed on the northeastern border of the country Argentine Naval Prefecture They managed to intercept an important drug shipment in the mission city Monte Carlo. The operation, carried out at night, culminated in the kidnapping of more than 450 kilograms of narcotics who had just entered the national territory through the Paraná River, which confirms the intensive surveillance in the hot spots of the international border.
The alarm was raised when personnel patrolling the area, using night vision technology, spotted a suspicious maneuver in the water. The agents observed a rowboat loaded with large packages traveling secretly from the Paraguayan coast to the Argentine coast. The boat landed at kilometer 1,790 of the river, in an area called Kimich natural harborwhich activated the protocol immediately.
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Given the seriousness of the crime, the maritime authority quickly intervened River and land units to end the siege of the landing site. Upon arrival, officers conducted an extensive search through the dense vegetation of the location where they found the property 25 packages which had probably been abandoned by smugglers.
Inspection of the cargo confirmed the suspicion: the bags were hidden inside 534 “stones” or rectangular loaves of pressed substance. The field tests returned positive results for marijuana with a total weight of 450,600 kilograms. According to official estimates, this shipment has a market value of $1,644,690,000, This represents a significant financial loss for criminal networks operating in the region.
The actions were carried out by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Eldorado under the direction of Liliam Edith Delgado. This procedure complements the prevention tasks carried out by the Federal Police on navigable waterways and thus consolidates their presence in a critical area for the trafficking of illegal substances.
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At the same time, and just a few days earlier, the fight against drug trafficking in the city was once again having a major impact Saint Annewhere the prefecture confiscated another shipment, this time more than half a ton of marijuana. The proceedings were the result of an earlier intelligence investigation that warned of a possible drug movement from the coast at kilometer 1,614 of the Paraná River.
With the information available, strategic surveillance posts were set up, which made it possible to detect a vehicle moving at high speed on a dirt road towards the route in the middle of the night. When the driver noticed the presence of the uniformed officers, he made a decision abandon the vehicle and flee, leave the loaded car behind 18 packs containing 384 loaves of pressed marijuana.
During this second operation, more than 500 kilos were confiscated, with an estimated value of over 100,000 1,800 million pesos. The case was placed in the hands of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office No. 2 of Posadas, who ordered the seizure of both the drugs and the vehicle used for their transport, thus concluding a day full of activities in the province of Misiones.
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