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Drug Raids in Buenos Aires and Córdoba Yield 9 Arrests, ‘Medusa’ Cocaine Brick

Prosecutors now direct both cases following actions against street-level markets featuring branded cocaine.

Overview

  • In Buenos Aires’ Barrio 1-11-14, a preventive patrol spotted a suspected sale, pursued two men into a residence and conducted an urgent search.
  • Officers seized an approximately 700-gram cocaine brick stamped “Medusa,” packaging, base paste, precision scales, marijuana, bicarbonate and a phone.
  • Seven people were detained in the Buenos Aires case, including three women and two Paraguayan nationals, and a police officer suffered facial injuries.
  • The Buenos Aires investigation is handled by the Unidad de Flagrancia Oeste under prosecutor Alejandro Foster, who ordered the detentions and seizures.
  • In La Calera, Córdoba, the FPA arrested two men after an MPF probe, seizing $278,500 and a car amid allegations of drug sales, threats to neighbors and protection fees from merchants; the case moved to the provincial narcotics prosecutor’s office and the suspects remain in custody.