The driver of the vehicle had a current arrest request, according to the National Gendarmerie.
National Gendarmerie found in a vehicle that left Orán (Salta) bound for Tucumán, more than 33 kilos of drugs hidden in the false bottom of the car. The discovery was during a road prevention operation on kilometer 1,258 of National Route Nº34, at the height of the Zora River, in the department of Ledesma (Jujuy), by members of the Libertador General San Martín section dependent on Squadron 60 San Pedro. .
When inspecting the interior of the car, they detected anomalies in the air conditioning system, they saw screws and nuts removed in the glove box and rifle compartment, so the existence of a double bottom was presumed.
After removing the screws from the torpedo, they confirmed their suspicion: it was a double bottom located behind the stereo, where 32 yellow rectangular packages (characteristic of cocaine transport) were found packed in the cavities of the airbags, which, after being subjected to the Narcotest field tests showed a positive result for “Cocaine hydrochloride” with a total weight of 33 kilos 589 grams.
Furthermore, the identification of the citizen based on the documentation presented revealed that he had a current arrest request issued by the Federal Court of Rosario, for which the intervening magistrate requested his arrest, and the seizure of the drugs and the vehicle, in violation of Law 23,737 on narcotics.
Bullrich: “I attack drug traffickers in Tucumán”
On the other hand, the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich, Through his social networks, he highlighted the destruction of a “narco bunker” in Tucumán.
“I attack the drug trafficker in Tucumán,” the official posted. She later explained: “After a great investigation task by our PFA troops on a suspicious address in the province of Tucumán, they verified that cocaine was being sold there.”
Finally, he thanked the anti-drug dog “Rocco” for his work. In this operation, according to the minister’s publication in X, cocaine wrappers ready for sale were seized. “The person responsible for this drug bunker has already been arrested,” she said.
