In
Salta
they arrested a woman who was hiding
about
4 kilos of cocaine in
her baby's blanket
while
she was traveling
in a passenger transport headed
to Corrientes
.
The National Gendarmerie carried out a
control on the route
that connects both provinces for prevention and intelligence purposes regarding drug trafficking.
At kilometer 573 of national route 16, the personnel of the "Joaquín V. González" section, dependent on the Salta Squadron 45 of the national force, stopped the march of a
long-distance bus
in order to carry out "a physical control and documentary".
The operation, as detailed by the security force itself, was placed in that area due to "data originating from
previous investigations
"
and, when they searched the vehicle, they suspected the
excessive clothing
with which a woman
covered her baby
, taking into account
the high temperature
.
A woman used her baby to transport 4 kilos of cocaine from Salta
As a result, the agents proceeded to
review the belongings
of the woman, whose identity was not released, and noticed
"an unusual weight" in the blanket
with which she was covering the minor.
The woman occupied, according to the photos released, seat 25 of the transport unit and had a soda and cookies
within reach
.
The image also shows
the thickness of the blanket
.
A woman used her baby to transport 4 kilos of cocaine from Salta
There they found
four "loaves"
containing "a
whitish powdery
substance ", which, after analysis, was confirmed as cocaine with a total weight of 4 kilograms.
The intervening Fiscal Unit ordered the seizure of the narcotic and
the arrest of the person involved
, while
the child was handed over to the
detainee's relatives.
Patricia Bullrich's congratulations: "Drugs that are seized are burned"
Hours later,
Patricia Bullrich
, Minister of National Security, echoed the case and told it on her social networks.
She used her baby as a shield to traffic cocaine!
She took him on a bus, heavily covered with a blanket.
The gendarmes suspected: the blanket hid 4 kilos of cocaine.
The mother was detained in Salta and the little boy was detained with the family.
Drugs that are seized are burned!
pic.twitter.com/Nhnbns9ZPV
— Patricia Bullrich (@PatoBullrich) February 26, 2024
"She used
her baby as a shield to traffic
cocaine!" begins the official's post, who then wrote: "She took him on a bus, exaggeratedly covered with a blanket. The gendarmes suspected: the blanket hid 4 kilos of cocaine. "The mother was detained in Salta and the little boy was detained with the family. Drugs that are seized
are burned
!"
The text was published in the company of a video released by the Security portfolio, in which it is observed how
the Gendarmerie opens the packages with knives
and exposes "the cocaine loaves", then exposed in custody and in the presence of two civilian witnesses. .
D.S.