Missions: More than two tons of marijuana seized

More than two tons of marijuana were kidnapped hidden in a mountain in the missionary town of Colonia Delicia, Misiones, the Argentine National Gendarmerie reported today.

The procedure was carried out by members of Squadron 10 of “Eldorado” and the Complex Crimes Investigations Unit of GNA, while they carried out patrol tasks in the vicinity of the said town located about 203 kilometers north of Posadas.According to the sources, the troops detected vehicle footprints on a secondary dirt road that was destined for a mountainous area. While carrying out the reconnaissance tasks, the gendarmes found two mounds with 134 packages wrapped in black nylon and packing tape covered by branches and pine leaves. Then, before witnesses, the troops opened the packages and extracted several bricks containing a vegetable substance with a strong smell characteristic of marijuana. Faced with this situation, the personnel transferred the cargo to the Force Unit where they carried out the narcotest tests that yielded a positive result for “cannabis sativa”. In total, 2,723 kilos of this drug were seized, which were made available to the Federal Court and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Eldorado.

Original source in Spanish