Five held as Centenario raids seize 50 cannabis plants
Neuquén police detained five people in four raids in Centenario's Vista Hermosa and 173 Viviendas neighbourhoods on 23 October 2026, in an inquiry that began with a September firearm incident. Anti-narcotics officers seized 50 cannabis plants, 1.11 kg of buds and 20 g of chopped cannabis, and prosecutors charged two adults over the drugs.
🇦🇷 Vista Hermosa and 173 Viviendas, Centenario, Neuquén · Argentina
Four raids took place in Centenario’s Vista Hermosa and 173 Viviendas
neighbourhoods on 23 October 2026 and uncovered a cannabis cultivation.[1][2]Police detained five people in the operation.[3]One adult was held over the
investigation that prompted the raids, while four others were held while
officers checked their records.[4]Prosecutors charged two adults over the
drugs found.[4]
Anti-narcotics officers seized 50 cannabis plants between 15 and 60 cm tall,
1.11 kg of buds, drying branches, 20 g of chopped cannabis and a digital scale.[3]Police also seized a 9 mm pistol, 26 cartridges, communications and
recording equipment, and mobile phones.[4]
The investigation began with a suspected firearm offence reported in September
in the 130 Viviendas neighbourhood.[4]The drug and firearm inquiries were
proceeding in parallel, and the seized items were placed at the disposal of the
courts.[3]No identities were released.[3]
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Police at a home during one of the Centenario raids. Photo: Mejor InformadoPhoto details
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Open questions the AI reported
The reports give 1.11 kg of cannabis buds plus a further 20 g of chopped cannabis; no single overall weight was published.
ZapalaYa mentions one suspect detained in the Centenario raids, while the local reports say five people were detained, four of them only to verify their records; it is not known whether those four were released or charged.
The reports do not say whether the 50 plants were destroyed or kept as evidence.
Minuto Neuquén describes the 50 as plants and LU17 as seedlings (plantines), both between 15 and 60 cm tall.
The submitted ZapalaYa article is mainly about a separate firearms arrest in Zapala and reports the Centenario raids only in one passage.
No court date or outcome was reported.
The submitted article's main Zapala firearms arrest is a separate event left out here.
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