A truck full of pumpkins turned out to be the hiding place for
almost a ton of cocaine
.
The cargo was seized by the Gendarmerie at the "El Naranjo" fixed post in Salta.
In total, 31 packages with regular brick-type packages were discovered.
The scales gave a weight of 861,950 grams of cocaine.
The drugs placed in Europe have a value of about
50 million dollars
.
According to reports, the seizure was the result of an investigation initiated in Federal Court 1 of Córdoba from which the transfer of the cocaine to that province was ordered and search warrants were issued in Jujuy Salta and Córdoba.
Investigators were struck by the fact that the drug bricks had the same packaging color (bright yellow and turquoise) as two other procedures recorded in 2024: the seizure of 620 kilos of cocaine that occurred in Jujuy in February and the discovery of 314 kilos of cocaine. cocaine kidnapped in an ambulance belonging to the Aguas Blancas (Salta) firefighters at the beginning of March.
ANOTHER RECORD: 861 KG OF COCAINE!
Thanks to the great work of GNA, this shipment of USD 13 million will not reach its destination.
The drug trafficker took her among pumpkins in a truck.
They waited for him in Salta, they detained him, they seized her.
We are going to surround them until they have no room for action.
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— Patricia Bullrich (@PatoBullrich) March 25, 2024
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