Paraguayan and Brazilian authorities destroy 60 tons of drugs in border area
Officials from Paraguay and Brazil have successfully destroyed around 60 tons of marijuana along their shared border, the Paraguayan National Anti-drug Secretariat (Senad) announced.
The operation, known as “New Alliance 39”, carried out coordinated actions across various departments – Amambay, Canindeyú, and Caaguazú for the first time.
The joint operation involved special anti-drug agents from Paraguay, the Brazilian Federal Police, with support from the Public Ministry and military personnel from the Joint Task Force (FTC).
The anti-narcotics entity’s official report states that in the initial two days of the operation, the forces dismantled 23 drug camps, thereby neutralizing 2.25 tons of ready-to-sell marijuana.
Furthermore, they eradicated 19 hectares of cannabis crops, which had the potential to produce at least 57 tons of the drug.
The operation covered rural colonies in San Luis, Itapopó, and Bella Vista Norte in Amambay; Yby Pytá in Canindeyú, and Sidepar in Caaguazú.
The operation inflicted damage amounting to approximately 1.7 million US dollars on the transnational drug trafficking criminal structures in the initial days, a figure that could increase substantially in the Brazilian market, the primary destination for the illicit substance produced in Paraguay.
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