Overview

• Gendarmería Nacional recovered 420 bricks totaling 444.834 kilograms in Monte Grande after tracking a Bolivian‑plated truck and a Chevrolet S10 used as a lead vehicle.
• The cocaine was concealed among banana boxes, and the truck was intercepted at Avenida Jorge Newbery and the Ezeiza–Cañuelas highway while heading to the Mercado Central.
• Field Narcotest indicated high purity, and four suspects were detained—three Bolivians and one Argentine—along with the seizure of vehicles, phones, a GPS and documents.
• The Juzgado Federal N°1 de Lomas de Zamora ordered the procedure moved to the Gendarmerie school and authorized searches at a Monte Grande residence and a site in Ezeiza.
• Separate controls in Salta yielded 12.570 kilograms with seven detained, including a minor, and 47.972 kilograms found in a car where a glue odor led to 45 bricks; prosecutions are underway.