Overview
- Gendarmería intercepted an inflatable boat on the Bermejo near Orán and seized 25.955 kg of cocaine base; the adult aboard was detained and three minors were returned to their families.
- At a Ruta 34 checkpoint in Pichanal, Salta, officers found 31.370 kg of cocaine hidden in eggplant crates on a truck and detained five suspects, aided by a narcotics dog alert.
- Police seized 131 contraband cellphones from a Volkswagen Taos at Paso Cerrito in Entre Ríos, with devices hidden in engine and trunk panels; two women were released pending the federal case and the haul was valued at about 25 million pesos.
- In Catamarca, authorities confiscated 24.200 kg of marijuana after a vehicle pursuit that ended with four detainees, and in a separate bus inspection arrested a 76-year-old woman carrying 3.272 kg of marijuana concealed inside piñatas.
- Federal investigators in Corrientes hold Venezuelan national José F. P. V. under preventive detention for irregular entry as Interpol and U.S. Homeland Security records are reviewed for prior offenses and potential Tren de Aragua ties.