Overview
- Police detained a 41-year-old production employee on Friday after simultaneous raids at a laboratory in Villa General Mitre and his home in Barracas.
- Officers seized 8,613 tablets of sildenafil and tadalafil, about 13 kilograms of other prescription drugs, packaging materials, documents, electronic devices and a Peugeot 308 used for distribution.
- Investigators say the suspect used his access in the production area to remove tablets, fraction them into informal containers, relabel products and market them through social networks and messaging apps.
- The probe began in 2023 when police detected online sales of prescription erectile‑dysfunction drugs and progressed with undercover surveillance and cyberpatrol to identify the seller.
- Judge Ariel Lijo ordered the detentions and seizures and justice authorities are analyzing devices and records to map the scope of the operation and identify any collaborators, a process that could lead to tighter controls on lab inventory and online drug sales.