In the early hours of yesterday, personnel belonging to the Section “San José” of the Squadron 8 “Alto Uruguay”when carrying out road prevention and control tasks on kilometer No. 785 of National Route No. 14, near Paraje Centinela, they stopped the march of a long-distance bus that was traveling from the missionary city of Posadas towards the Buenos Aires neighborhood. of Retirement.
During the control carried out on the luggage in the vehicle’s hold with the use of the fixed scanner, the uniformed they detected two suitcases in which images that caught their attention were observed.
After identifying the owner of the luggage, an adult citizen, the gendarmes They carried out the search of its interior, where different containers containing a transparent liquid were found, as well as a sealed bag that had a whitish powder and a sealed wrapper with pills.
With the support of troops from the Joint Operational Group to Combat Drug Trafficking in the NortheastNarcotest field tests of the substances were carried out, obtaining positive results for ketamine (17 liters in its liquid state and 785 grams in granulated form) and MDMA (ecstasy) with a total of 1,100 pills.
The Federal Court and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Posadas intervened, ordering the seizure of the narcotics and the arrest of the passenger involved.
