'Largest' ganja seizure ever in Argentina

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

'Largest' ganja seizure ever in Argentina
Friday, October 30, 2015 | 4:04 PM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Twelve tons of marijuana being smuggled from Paraguay into Argentina aboard a tanker truck were seized Friday in an affluent suburb of Buenos Aires, officials said.

The driver, a Paraguayan national, was held for questioning.

Daniel Scioli, the governor of Buenos Aires province, called it the "largest seizure in the history" of his country. Scioli will face a conservative rival, Mauricio Macri, in a run-off for the Argentine presidency on November 22.

The police operation Friday took place in San Isidro, a northern suburb of the Argentine capital and one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the region.



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[forest444]

1. Argentina should follow Uruguay's lead and LEGALIZE it already.

As the article mentioned, there's a runoff election this Nov. 22. But neither Scioli (who's a populist - but very much a law-and-order populist along the lines of Martin O'Malley) nor Macri (an Opus Dei far-right Catholic à la Sam Brownback) will even consider doing so.

To be fair, the Argentine Supreme Court effectively made possession - even cultivation, up to four plants - legal for personal use in 2009; but it's still illegal to smoke in public and, of course, sell (hence, incidents like the one above).

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Paraguayan pot is the South American equivalent of Mexican brick weed.

Low quality, but grown in massive amounts.

But as in the US, many, many Argentines now grow their own.