Overview

• Federal Police investigators stopped an orange Scania at km 668 of Route 34 near Taboada after surveillance linked to a narcotics probe.
• Detector dog Yana alerted to the cargo, revealing 70 cocaine bricks concealed in fruit crates and wrapped in yellow nylon with green stripes marked with a Delfín stamp.
• The seized cocaine weighed 85 kilograms and was valued at 1,700 million pesos, according to the Security Ministry.
• The 55-year-old driver from Jujuy was detained, and Federal Court No. 1, led by Judge Guillermo Molinari, took over the case.
• The investigation is tracing the shipment’s origin and potential accomplices, following a recurring tactic of hiding cocaine in banana consignments.