And anonymous caller who warned of the alleged sale of narcotics in Bariloche activated an investigation which for around three months was kept in reserve. Drug addiction personnel from the Río Negro Police worked in silence in search of evidence to try to verify the reported facts, with the authorization of the federal court of this city. and this week They arrested two suspects, seized around 1,500 grams of cocaine and about 41 million pesos, which the detainees had in their possession.
LThe head of the Río Negro Police, Mary Carmen Carrizo, reported this Saturday that the two men arrested on Tuesday in Viedma and Bariloche were still detained. at the disposal of the federal court of Bariloche.
Said to RÍO NEGRO Diary what one of the procedures was done on Tuesday afternoon in Viedmaat kilometer 964 of National Route 3, where the Road Safety Corps operates, at the entrance to the Rio Negro capital.
The suspect was traveling in a Volkswagen Fox vehicle, accompanied by two other people. He was intercepted by personnel from that unit, with the collaboration of members of the Atlantic Zone Drug Addiction delegation. In this procedure they seized around half a kilo of cocaine, cash and cell phones.
While in Bariloche, Toxicomanía personnel raided a home located in the Las Victorias neighborhood. There, they proceeded to kidnapping of more than a kilo of cocaine, cash in different types of currencies, scales, technological devices and cell phones, the Police reported.
The two people were detained on suspicion of selling narcotics, and two others were charged with violating Law 23,737. All at the disposal of the federal court of Bariloche.
The Volkswagen Fox in which the suspect was traveling was kidnapped in Viedma. (photo courtesy)
The procedure in Viedma
The man arrested in Viedma, 61 years old, is suspected of selling narcotics in the Atlantic Zone of Río Negro, in Buenos Aires and in Chubut. And he was heading with his two companions towards Esquel.
The detainee in Bariloche is 71 years old. In both procedures, more than 1 million pesos, 33,427 dollars (almost 40 million pesos) and 370 euros were seized. In addition, 11 cell phones and a computer were seized, among other items, and the Fox and a Mercedes Benz vehicle were seized in Bariloche.
Carrizo highlighted the work done by police personnel and valued 0800 Drugs as a tool to report events related to the marketing of narcotics. “For us the issue is very important because the sale of drugs has many consequences in society,” he stated.. For this reason, he added, the units that investigate this type of crimes and others as well were reinforced.
The Narcocrime Secretariat of the Ministry of Security and Justice, the Federal Justice and the Police intervened in the case.
Other operations and kidnappings
Carrizo also reported that personnel from the Middle Valley Drug Addiction Delegation Lamarque raided a home in the 44-home neighborhood where 71 cannabis sativa plants were found. In addition, seeds, dry leaves, and cash were seized and a man was charged.
En Cipolletti, in the Nueva Esperanza neighborhood, With the proper authorization of the Justice, a house – place of residence of a 26-year-old man – was searched.where cocaine, marijuana, a precision scale, 14,800 pesos in cash, 8 Cannabis plants and three cell phones.