Overview
- At Ezeiza, scanners and a narcotics dog flagged baggage from Aerolíneas Argentinas flight AR1141 arriving from Rome.
- Agents found two multilayer-wrapped packages with cannabis buds totaling 17 kilos in the luggage of Colombian passenger Jhon Crismatc Ocampo Peláez, who was detained.
- Hours later at the Bernardo de Irigoyen crossing in Misiones, officers questioned two men in a gray Chevrolet after inconsistencies in their documents and statements.
- A search uncovered 188 bricks of marijuana weighing 112 kilos, and the occupants fled on foot across the dry border into Brazil, abandoning the vehicle.
- The car had an active seizure order for a November 11, 2025 robbery case, chemical tests confirmed cannabis, the evidence is under federal judicial control, and authorities are working to identify and locate the fugitives.