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Gendarmería Raids and Route Checks Net Arrests and Drug Seizures Across Three Provinces

Authorities describe a coordinated push to cut off trafficking corridors that use long‑distance buses toward Buenos Aires.

Desbarataron una banda narco en Mendoza.
¡Plantillas venenosas! Caen tres hombres con drogas escondidas en las zapatillas
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Overview

  • Nine federally ordered raids in Mendoza led to eight detentions linked to a suspected drug network operating in Guaymallén, Las Heras, San Martín and Rivadavia.
  • Seizures in Mendoza included cocaine and marijuana ready for sale, 83 cannabis plants, a mobile greenhouse, 27 phones, seven vehicles, about ARS 5 million and USD 1,800.
  • The Mendoza detainees, three women and five men, were placed under Juzgado Federal N.º 3 and transferred to Unidad Penitenciaria Federal U32.
  • At a Tucumán checkpoint on Ruta 34, officers found 4.316 kg of cocaine hidden in a double‑bottom suitcase on a Jujuy–Buenos Aires bus, detaining a Bolivian passenger by order of Juzgado Federal N.º 1.
  • In La Rioja, three men were arrested after a narcotics dog flagged drugs concealed in shoe insoles on a Jujuy–Mendoza route, with field tests indicating cocaine, marijuana and pasta base.