Four adults, men and women, were detained and placed at the disposal of the federal justice system after a series of simultaneous raids in the Capital and Valle Viejo.[1][2] After the home searches, officers detained and held incommunicado the four adults and took them to police facilities pending appointment of defence counsel and formal questioning before the federal courts.[1]

During the procedures, police broke up alleged drug retail points, seizing portioned marijuana doses, anxiolytics without prescription, precision scales and a motor vehicle.[1] Officers seized several plastic wrappers and a homemade cigarette containing herbal substance.[1] A chemical-reagent field test confirmed that the herbal substance was marijuana.[1] Officers also found more than 72 anxiolytic tablets allegedly used for cutting or unauthorized resale, along with two digital precision gram scales for cutting and portioning.[1] Officers seized five cell phones of different brands and models for digital forensic examination and a 150 cc Honda CG Titan motorcycle.[1] Radio Valle Viejo lists the same seizure of marijuana wrappers and cigarette, more than 72 anxiolytic tablets, two gram scales, five cell phones and a 150 cc Honda CG Titan.[3]

The searches were carried out on Buenos Aires street, Gaspar Guzman street and Santa Marta neighbourhood in the capital, and at a private home in Don Felix neighbourhood in Valle Viejo department.[1] The judicial measures were executed under express directives of the Federal Court of Catamarca after a prior investigation that identified the homes where illicit substances were stored and sold.[1] The raids were led by the Dangerous Drugs Directorate of the provincial police with tactical support from its Intelligence and Investigations Division and investigators from the Judicial Investigations Department.[1][2]

The measures were carried out under directives of the federal court handling the case, and the four detainees remained at the disposal of the court, which issued the corresponding measures.[2]