Gendarmerie dismantles a 1,210-plant cannabis plantation in Santiago del Estero
Argentina's Gendarmerie searched a property at Monte Encantado, in the La Banda department of Santiago del Estero, and seized 1,210 cannabis plants with irrigation, electrical and lighting installations. A second search in the provincial capital found 2.17 kg of cannabis, and one man was detained.
🇦🇷 Monte Encantado, La Banda, Santiago del Estero · Argentina
Gendarmerie officers searched a property at Monte Encantado, in the La Banda department of Santiago
del Estero, and seized 1,210 cannabis plants, together with an irrigation system, an electrical and
lighting installation, clearing tools, a mobile phone, a car and other items used for illegal
cultivation.[1][2]The searches were announced by the Gendarmerie on 10 February as having taken
place the previous day.[1]
The operation was carried out by the province’s unit for investigating complex crimes with a
reconnaissance unit, and dismantled the plantation at the finca.[1]Officers searched a second
address, a house in the Misky Mayo neighbourhood of the provincial capital, where they found 2.17
kilograms of plant material in its natural state, residues in containers, precision scales, a
grinder, a bag sealer and another mobile phone.[1][2]
Federal Court No. 2 of Santiago del Estero and Federal Prosecution No. 1, which handle the case,
ordered the detention of the only adult involved and the seizure of everything found at the two
addresses.[1][2]No other suspect was named in either account.[1][2]
Photos and video
A Gendarmerie officer among tall cannabis plants at the Monte Encantado plantation (Gendarmería Nacional Argentina).Photo details
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