The Anti-Drug Police Force, together with the Federal Police, carried out this Thursday morning in the province of Córdoba different raids in the capital city, Villa del Rosario and in a pavilion of the Bouwer Prison.
The operations in the provincial capital take place in the Nueva Esperanza, Los Boulevares and Villa Urquiza neighborhoods.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) reported that a drug organization was broken and that important seizures of narcotics were carried out in Córdoba and Villa del Rosario.
A total of 25 cells They were confiscated by personnel from the Argentine Federal Police and the Provincial Anti-Drug Police Force.
A drug gang was dismantled and an investigation is underway to determine whether the leaders were operating from Bouwer. (Photo: MPF)
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The investigation is being carried out by the Third Shift Prosecutor’s Office, directed by prosecutor Carlos Cornejo, who revealed that the leaders of an important organization with branches in Villa del Rosario, Nueva Esperanza and Villa Urquiza they would be detained in the prison and would continue directing operations from there.
“Everything is being sought,” said investigators, referring to cell phones used to give orders and keep the business running. In addition to the searches inside the prison, several raids are also being carried out outside.
A significant seizure of cocaine and three private homes was also reported in Villa del Rosario.
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The investigation points to four people already convicted of drug trafficking as the “ringleaders” of this operation: two of Peruvian origin and two from Villa del Rosario. These people had set up a true “SME” to bring in drugs and sell them among prisoners from their place of confinement in the high-security MX1 module.
The method used to introduce the drug was through women who visited the inmates. Some even presented false pregnancy certificates to avoid going through the scanner and thus be able to introduce the hidden drug.
Furthermore, one of the accused opened a virtual wallet from a cell phone in his cell to collect sales made inside the prison. The consumers asked their relatives to transfer money to the relatives of the ringleaders to pay for the purchased drugs.
During the operation, 25 cells inhabited by 75 inmates were raided.
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Report by Juan Federico.
