Overview

• Gendarmería’s Sección Monte Quemado stopped a maize‐laden truck at km 471 of RN16 and, after an alert from detection dog Jasy, uncovered 43 packets of cocaine weighing 44.645 kg.
• Juzgado Federal Nº 2 ordered the driver’s detention and the seizure of the truck, trailer, the cocaine load, a .22-caliber carbine and 30 rounds.
• Escuadrón 61 “Salvador Mazza” agents conducted two separate operations that yielded 3.793 kg of marijuana and 6.176 kg of cocaine, resulting in five arrests.
• Fiscalía Federal de Tartagal has taken over the prosecutions and confiscated the suspects’ vehicles, three cellphones and ARS 247,000 in cash.
• Authorities say intensified checkpoint patrols, canine units and targeted inspections along northern routes are key to disrupting trafficking logistics.