Overview
- In Cusco, anti-drug agents stopped two vehicles near Ollantaytambo and seized 131 kilograms of cocaine, detaining four people including an on-duty police officer accused of providing cover.
- A separate Peruvian operation near Pampas Tayacaja took 92.015 kilograms of cocaine and 1.175 kilograms of marijuana, arresting six suspects tied to the group known as Los Fríos de Pampas.
- On Argentina’s National Route 38 at Huacra, officers detained two Bolivian women from a bus and, after hospital oversight, recovered 156 swallowed capsules containing 1.884 kilograms of cocaine.
- Police at the El Portezuelo checkpoint in Catamarca found a bag on a long-distance bus with four irregular packages that field-tested as about four kilos of marijuana.
- Authorities placed all drugs and detainees under judicial custody, and investigators are mapping routes that rely on buses, private cars, and human couriers who face severe health risks.