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Argentina Intensifies Crackdown on Drug Trafficking Networks with Major Seizures and Arrests

Coordinated operations across multiple provinces result in record cocaine seizures, high-profile arrests, and the dismantling of organized crime rings.

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Overview

  • Authorities dismantled a major drug trafficking ring in Córdoba, seizing narcotics and assets worth 318 million pesos and arresting seven individuals, including a soccer fan leader.
  • Gendarmería Nacional intercepted 194.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a vehicle in Salta and arrested the driver, Jorge Bulacio, who remains in preventive detention.
  • A police agent in Santiago del Estero was apprehended transporting 34 kilograms of cocaine valued at 300 million pesos, highlighting insider involvement in trafficking operations.
  • Policía Federal Argentina's 'Operativo Soldaditos Blancos' dismantled a micro-trafficking ring in Rosario, arresting eight suspects and confiscating drugs, weapons, and cash.
  • Ongoing federal investigations target evolving smuggling methods, including concealment in sports equipment and vehicles, as judicial actions vary between detentions and excarcerations.