85 held as Chaco weekend sweep seizes 830 g of marijuana
Chaco police detained 85 people in 287 weekend operations across the province and seized 829.6 grams of marijuana alongside motorcycles, cars and weapons. The marijuana was reported in the Metropolitan Area (116.6 g) and Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (713 g).
Between Friday and Sunday, officers from the different Zone Directorates ran 287
prevention and security operations across the province.[1]The operations left
85 people detained for various causes.[1]In the Metropolitan Area, officers
held 51 operations, detained 31 people and recorded five people with capture
orders checked through Si.Ge.Bi.[1]
Across the sweep, officers seized 436 motorcycles, three cars, five firearms and
14 bladed weapons, plus 829.6 grams of marijuana.[1]The Metropolitan Area
accounted for 116.6 grams of that marijuana, with 17 motorcycles, a car, two
firearms and two bladed weapons.[1]In Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, 12
operations ended with 23 people detained and seizures of 713 grams of marijuana,
69 motorcycles, two cars, two firearms and four bladed weapons.[1]
In Castelli, 62 operations ended with five people detained and seizures of 45
motorcycles and a bladed weapon.[2]In Charata, 28 operations ended with seven
people detained and 50 motorcycles seized.[2]In Villa Ángela, 74 operations
ended with eight people detained and seizures of 100 motorcycles and a bladed
weapon.[2]In General San Martín, 60 operations ended with 11 people detained
and seizures of 155 motorcycles, a firearm and six bladed weapons.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The operations are dated only as Friday to Sunday before publication on 2 November 2026, so 1 November 2026 is used as the closing day of the sweep.
The sources say the 85 people were detained for various causes and do not link any specific detention or charge to the marijuana.
No names, drug charges or court outcomes were reported.
The two outlets carry the same police account with identical figures, so no independent agency statement was found.
The 446 contraventional notifications and the zone breakdowns of 26, 11, 12, 107, 173 and 117 notified people are administrative counts, not arrests, and are not counted in figures.
The Caminera road-police line reporting 282 infraction reports and 10 positive alcohol tests is a separate traffic line left out here.
Police in Salta detained a 26-year-old driver during a vehicle checkpoint on Ruta Nacional 9 in Campo Alegre, La Caldera. Officers from the División Investigación Narcocriminal 2 seized 70 doses of marijuana and cocaine after preliminary field tests.
Road police at the Subfluvial Tunnel control post identified a 33-year-old Buenos Aires man carrying cocaine and marijuana in a van. Field tests confirmed 2.1 grams of marijuana alongside 5.9 grams of cocaine, and the case was treated as simple possession.
Cleaning staff found a package of marijuana on a long-distance bus that had arrived at the Chajarí terminal in Entre Ríos after leaving Paraná, and the drivers called the police. Officers of the Federación department drug division tested and seized the substance and left the case with the prosecutor's office, with no one arrested.
Chaco police securing a woman's belongings from a room she rented in Resistencia found two cannabis seedlings, marijuana flowers and indoor growing equipment, and anti-drug officers' field tests were positive for marijuana. The woman was detained after another clash with the owner and released on the order of the anti-drug prosecutor's office, which kept the items but not the cash.
