Overview

• Escuadrón Núcleo Aguilares’ Monteros squad stopped two Volkswagen Saveiro trucks on Route Nacional 40 after detecting structural alterations
• A portable scanner and a drug-sniffing dog uncovered 101 bricks of cocaine weighing 106.43 kg hidden in the vehicles’ cabins and cargo areas
• Four adults from Cafayate, Salta—two men and two women—were detained at the checkpoint and face federal narcotics charges
• A federal judge ordered a raid in La Matanza where agents seized additional evidence linked to the trafficking network
• The operation is part of Operativo Lapacho, a Ministry of Security initiative intensifying road checks on key routes from Salta to Buenos Aires