Overview
- Police in Tucumán seized an estimated 120 kilograms of marijuana after a pickup evaded a checkpoint, exchanged gunfire, scattered metal spikes, and overturned, leaving two suspects gravely injured and detained.
- The recovered marijuana was sent to the provincial narcotics unit Digedrop for analysis and definitive weighing, and the case remains under federal jurisdiction.
- Gendarmería in Jujuy, during a routine control on National Route 9, used the detection dog Yin to find six packages totaling 6.576 kilograms of cannabis in a passenger’s hand luggage, leading to an arrest.
- In a separate Jujuy operation, authorities detained a man who had ingested 80 cocaine-filled capsules totaling 782.9 grams, while his travel companion was placed under case supervision.
- Both Jujuy incidents were referred to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Jujuy, and Tucumán authorities indicated the load could be linked to routes from Salta, a possibility still under investigation.