After five months of investigation, the FPA arrested ten people and seized drugs, weapons, vehicles, and more than 32 million pesos (70,548 pounds)
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An organization dedicated to drug trafficking into Bouwer prison was dismantled by the Anti-Narcotics Police Force. The operation, the result of five months of investigation, included fourteen raids in different neighborhoods of Córdoba Capital. Ten people were arrested, including a minor, accused of being part of the criminal network.
The procedures were carried out in homes in General Mosconi, Liceo Segunda Sección, Ampliación Pueyrredón, San Jorge, and Nuestro Hogar III. Tactical Action Team units participated, under the directives of the Narcotics Prosecutor's Office of the Third Shift. The investigation was led by prosecutor Carlos Cornejo and the secretary of the Criminal Organizations Prosecutor's Office, Federico Kosciuk.
During the raids, 6,594 doses of marijuana and 1,855 doses of cocaine were seized, as well as six firearms with 215 rounds of ammunition. $32,493,600, 1,300 dollars, five cars, four motorcycles, one jet ski, and six drones were also seized. The total value of the seized assets amounts to $243,367,680, according to the official report.
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Drones, technology, and logistics to smuggle drugs into the prison
According to the investigation, the gang used drones with infrared cameras to drop packages containing narcotics and cell phones inside the prison. "They practically made hand deliveries to the inmates on a daily basis," prosecutor Cornejo explained when providing details of the procedure. The packages contained drugs, phones, SIM cards, and accessories that were directed to specific areas of the penitentiary complex.
Four of those involved were intercepted on National Route 36, near a toll booth, while they were attempting to make a new delivery. One of the drones was found in the vehicle along with several packages ready to be dropped by air into the prison. The seized items were sent for forensic analysis to determine their connection to previously detected flights.
As part of the operation, the prosecutor's office issued 123 search warrants inside Bouwer prison. The procedures were carried out with the collaboration of the Córdoba Penitentiary Service, which facilitated access to the designated cell blocks. The detainees and all seized assets were placed at the disposal of the Federal Justice, under National Narcotics Law No. 23,737.
