Federal police find 30 cannabis plants in a Cipolletti house; one held
The Policía Federal Argentina, Argentina's federal police, raided a house on calle Las Margaritas al 600 in Cipolletti, Río Negro, and arrested a 33-year-old man said to grow, store and sell marijuana there. Officers seized 30 cannabis plants, 417 grams of crushed marijuana and 8,700 pesos kept from drug sales.
🇦🇷 Barrio rural, calle Las Margaritas al 600, Cipolletti, Río Negro · Argentina
Arrested
1
Plants destroyed
30
Cannabis
417 g
Cash confiscated
ARS 8,700
Agencies
Policía Federal Argentina, Juzgado Federal de General Roca
Federal police officers of the Cipolletti anti-drug division raided a house on
calle Las Margaritas al 600, in a rural neighbourhood of Cipolletti, Río Negro,
on 2 February 2024 and arrested a 33-year-old Argentine man.[1]The raid was
ordered by the Federal Court of General Roca, whose secretariat was in the
charge of Dr. Juan Ignacio Oller, after an investigation had established that
the man was growing, storing and selling marijuana from the property.[1]
Officers seized 30 cannabis sativa plants more than 1.5 metres tall, which had
no authorisation from REPROCAN, the national register of people authorised to
grow cannabis for controlled use.[1]Police said they also seized two bags
holding 417 grams of crushed marijuana, a bag of buds of the same substance, two
mobile phones and 8,700 pesos that came from selling the drugs.[1]The man was
held at the disposal of the judge in a case opened as “Infracción a la ley de
drogas”, an offence against the drugs law.[1]
A local Río Negro outlet published the same account with the same figures and
called the location a municipal rural neighbourhood.[2]
Photos and video
Picture published with the Security Ministry's release on the Cipolletti raid; it carries no caption or credit and does not identify which parts of the seizure it shows.Photo details
The sources do not say whether the 30 plants were destroyed or kept as evidence; they are recorded as plants seized and uprooted.
No weight is given for the cannabis plants or the buds, so kg_seized covers only the 417 grams of crushed marijuana.
The case label "Infracción a la ley de drogas" is the only charge description; no court outcome or formal charging decision is reported.
Noticias Río Negro reproduces the security ministry's text, so the two accounts are not independent.
The picture on the ministry page has no caption or credit and does not identify which items it shows.
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