Overview
- Antinarcotics officers discovered the concealed cache during a follow-up inspection of seized equipment from tanker trucks stopped on Ruta Nacional 34 near La Tijera in Santiago del Estero.
- Field tests confirmed nearly six kilograms of cocaine hidden inside two modified hydraulic bottle jacks stored in a vehicle toolbox, with an estimated value exceeding 130,000,000 pesos.
- The discovery followed an initial search that found more than 20 kilograms of cocaine inside the cab of an empty tanker during the routine control.
- Both drivers remain in custody and both trucks remain impounded under orders from the federal court handling the case.
- The trucks displayed Bolivian flags, and one driver said the empty vehicle would load fuel in Buenos Aires, according to the report.