It pretended to be a kiosk in the Entre Ríos city of Paranabut inside there was a drug bunker. The gang distributed the substances as delivery and used a parallel sewer network to discard narcotics. They also had security cameras to monitor what was happening on public roads. In a series of raids, this Sunday the Federal police disrupted the criminal organization and arrested six suspects.
They also kidnapped more than a thousand doses of cocaine ready for salecell phones, marijuana buds, cash and an unlicensed motorcycle, among other elements of interest to the case being investigated by the Specialized Fiscal Unit of Paranáwhich is in charge of the prosecutor Santiago Alfieri.
The operation arose from an investigation that began during the first days of June. Everything happened within the framework of a jurisdictional control carried out by the personnel of the Paraná Federal Operational Unit Division to prevent federal crimes, under instruction from the Ministry of National Security.
While the agents were carrying out a tour, they found the business that appeared to function as a kiosk but, in reality, it was dedicated to the retail sale of drugs, according to police sources. Infobae. It was then that, faced with this situation, the prosecutor Santiago Alfieri ordered to deepen the investigation.
During the procedure, which involved various field tasks, the officers determined that the members of the criminal gang They used a motorcycle and a vehicle to distribute the narcotics in delivery mode, transporting them to other homes.
According to what the sources of the case detailed, everything happened at different times. Likewise, the criminal gang operated on a recurring basis, as they were able to find out through photos and videos recorded in the area.
In turn, the bunker had a closed circuit of video cameras. This allowed criminals to observe everything that happened on public roads. At the same time, this made it difficult for agents to search for information.
However, the authorities were able to determine that the doors of the supposed kiosk were reinforced with metal security barswhich ran both vertically and horizontally.
Once they had collected all the evidence in the case, which was made available to the Guarantee Court No. 8 of Paranáin charge of Pablo Nicolás Zoffsix raids were ordered in the Entre Ríos city of Paraná.
The staff of the Irruption Group of the Santa Fe Federal Intervention Tactical Unit to carry out procedures and achieve quick access to the site.
During the operations this Sunday, they were Five men and one woman arrested: They are all Argentine and of legal age.
In turn, around 700 grams of cocaine were seized, distributed in 1,177 doses ready for sale; a bag with marijuana buds along with two wrappers and two seedlings of the same substance; two precision scales; $1,428,960; a closed circuit video surveillance that consisted of 10 cameras, 13 cell phones, a car, a motorcycle without a license plate, a notebook and other elements of interest to the cause.
But there was more. During the raids, it was also learned that the house had a parallel sewer network to the legal system, which was used to eliminate narcotics.
Given this discovery, the staff went to the home with a pneumatic hammer to break the floor. To do this, monitoring of the septic chamber and its pipe connections was also carried out. There they found nylon bags containing the seized doses of cocaine.
The six detainees, along with the kidnapped items, were placed at the disposal of the judge for violating the Drug Law.
In the last few hours, the Prefecture dismantled a drug gang and arrested seven suspectswithin the framework of multiple raids carried out in Santa Elena, province of Between rivers.
As a result of PNA’s investigation, They raided ten homes that functioned as bunkers for the sale of narcotics. As a result of this, a thorough investigation was carried out to identify those allegedly involved and three men and four women were arrested, they indicated.
Likewise, they kidnapped 400 doses of marijuana, 5,000 of cocaine and 26 of LSDitems for weighing, 6 cars, cell phones, computers and cash, in national and foreign currencies, yielding a total value that exceeds 70 million pesos.
The operation was ordered by the Federal Court of Guarantees and Transition of La Paz, Entre Ríos, in charge of Walter Carballoin coordination with the prosecutor’s office in charge of Facundo Barbosa.
