During the raids, wrappers containing cocaine and marijuana, cutting and stretching elements for narcotics, precision scales, cash, firearms, ammunition and other elements of interest to the case were seized.
The effective of the Operational and Research Group “Santo Tomé” after carrying out investigative tasks with personnel from the 57 Squadron They simultaneously raided eight properties in the city of Santo Tomé, places where drug possession and retail sales practices would be carried out.
In this way, the officials They detected small nylon wrappers that contained a white powdery substance, a bag of the same substance ready to be divided, a jar with vegetable matter, fourteen cell phones, a computer, three security cameras, electronic storage devices, a car, $881,450 in national currency, a precision scale, five firearms (one of them homemade), 18 ammunition and documentation of interest to the case.
In relation to the search of the remaining home, it was carried out in the provincial capital by the troops of the Complex Crimes and Judicial Procedures Investigation Unit “Corrientes” with the support of Squadron 48 “Corrientes”.
They were confiscated six cell phones, a precision scale, a motorcycle, $219,960 in national currency, 82 packages with a white powdery substance, a package with plant remains, a container with a substance used as a cutting element.
Criminalistics and Forensic Studies personnel from the respective units performed chemical tests on the samples obtained from the substances found, obtaining positive results for “Cocaine Hydrochloride” and “Cannabis Sativa”.
The Federal Court and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Corrientes and Paso de los Libres intervened, ordering the seizure of the narcotics, vehicles, weapons, money and other evidence.
Finally, seven people were arrested.
