Overview

• The Toyota Hilux was stopped at the Urutaú checkpoint on National Route 16 after officers noted the driver’s nervous behavior.
• Anti-narcotics dog Maia alerted to a black backpack in the truck bed, where five brick-shaped packages were found.
• Field tests by the Monte Quemado Dangerous Drugs unit confirmed high-purity cocaine weighing 5.690 kilograms.
• Police seized roughly 831,000–834,000 pesos in cash, 2,000 Paraguayan guaraníes, four high-end phones, the vehicle, and the commander’s credential.
• Aníbal David Borda, a Gendarmería National commander and physician, was detained with Daniel Ricardo Acosta and Francisco Exequiel Torres, while a 14-year-old passenger was safeguarded and later released to his mother; investigators report indications the cocaine likely originated in Bolivia.