Mexican seminarian arrested with drugs at Paraguay airport

PARAGUAY.- Authorities of Paraguay they stopped This Tuesday at a mexican at the country’s main airport, the Silvio Pettirossifor carrying bottles of tequila y shampoo allegedly contaminated with amphetamines and methamphetamines, reported the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad)

In a coordinated task between the Senad, the Public Ministry and the National Directorate of Tax Revenue (Dnit) arrested a man, 27 years old, in the Silvio Pettirossi Airport located in the city of Luque, Paraguay.

The Mexican came out of City of Mexicomade a stopover in Panama and subsequently attempted to enter Paraguay.

The authorities discovered that he was carrying in his luggage three bottles of supposed tequila and four bottles of shampoo that were found positive for amphetamines and methamphetaminesrespectively.

In total, the gross weight of what was seized was 9,354 kilos, whose value is close to 300 thousand dollars (more than 5 million pesos). The Specialized Forensic Laboratory of the Senad will analyze “with greater precision” the contents of the bottles.

The Mexican citizen identified himself as deacon in training to become a priest and declared that he arrived in Asunción for tourist purposes.

The anti-drug agency also announced that it will investigate whether possible criminal cartels intend to establish new routes and markets for drug trafficking that pass through Paraguay.

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