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The procedure was carried out on National Route 14, km 669, Cuay Grande height. / Photo: Courtesy
The procedure was carried out on National Route 14, km 669, Cuay Grande height. / Photo: Courtesy
Two men, 32 and 29 years old, were detained by members of the “Cuay Grande” Fixed Control Post, dependent on Squadron 57 “Santo Tomé”. They carried the drug in two suitcases headed for Buenos Aires, in a passenger transport. The procedure was carried out in the early morning of February 15, 2023, when the uniformed officers were carrying out a vehicle control on National Route 14, km 669, Cuay Grande height, in the town of Santo Tomé. They proceeded to verify a group that came from Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, with its final destination in the city of Buenos Aires.
With the actions of the GUÍA-CAN pairing, they inspected the sector of the passenger transport hold that was being controlled, at which time the narcotics detector can named “JIME” reacted as it usually does in the presence of narcotics on two suitcases that were in the place. After that, the uniformed officers, in the presence of witnesses, proceeded to separate the marked bags from the rest of the luggage that were in the hold, identifying their owners, two male citizens, 32 and 29 years old, who were traveling together and would have boarded the vehicle in the city of Posadas.
The judicial authority with jurisdiction over the facts was informed, who authorized the opening of the luggage they were transporting. The personnel of the federal force proceeded to comply with what was issued by the judicial authority, extracting from the two suitcases, the amount of twenty-seven (27) rectangular packages, wrapped in plastic wrap and ocher tape, containing a vegetable substance inside. brownish green. With the assistance of the Personnel of the Criminalistics and Forensic Studies Group of the Unit, the “NARCOTEST” field test was carried out on the content of the samples obtained from the packages, yielding a chromatically POSITIVE result for Cannabis sativa (MARIJUANA).
The total weight of the seized narcotics was 24,875 kg, estimated value at $8,372,925. The Federal Court of Paso de los Libres (Ctes), Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Paso de los Libres (Ctes), intervened, directing that the drug be seized, any element of interest to the cause and the detention of citizens incommunicado .
