Overview

• Provincial police in Malbrán intercepted a Toyota Hilux and found four 200‑liter metal drums with double bottoms concealing 533 bricks of cocaine weighing roughly 594–600 kilograms.
• Officers used a portable scanner to detect the hidden compartment and seized the truck, multiple cell phones and a Glock 9x19, detaining two men from Salta aged 36 and 23.
• Gendarmería detained a man from La Matanza at the Fernández toll on RN34 after Judge Guillermo Molinari authorized a search that uncovered 42 packages totaling 43.863 kilograms of cocaine in a Peugeot 408.
• Detainees and seized evidence in both cases were placed under Federal Justice, with forensic examinations and preliminary statements scheduled under the ongoing judicial process.
• Investigators are examining potential supply routes through Salta, Jujuy or Bolivia and the stated plan to drive toward Buenos Aires, noting these methods match recent large interceptions along the northwest corridor.