Overview
- Gendarmería conducted the operations at kilometer 1,308 of National Route 3 in Chubut during a routine inspection.
- A handheld scanner flagged a parcel sent from Retiro to Comodoro Rivadavia, revealing three tropical house geckos hidden in plastic bottles, later transferred to Fauna Regional in San Antonio Oeste.
- In a car traveling from Viedma to Puerto Madryn, officers seized 25 plants, 12 seeds and 8.30 grams of marijuana, and the driver was charged without being detained.
- In a separate vehicle headed from Catriló to Comodoro Rivadavia, authorities discovered 66 million pesos concealed in various compartments without documentation, and the cash was confiscated.
- All seizures were reported to the judiciary, which opened an investigation into the cash’s origin as wildlife handling moves forward under environmental regulations.