Five held in Concepción del Uruguay with 1.3 kg of marijuana in five raids
Gendarmería Nacional officers and Entre Ríos provincial police searched five properties in Concepción del Uruguay and seized 1 kilo 303 grams of cannabis sativa, marijuana seeds and plants, cash and ammunition. A provincial guarantee court ordered the detention of five people the force described as members of a criminal drug organisation.
Gendarmería Nacional officers of the Concepción del Uruguay unit for complex
crimes and judicial proceedings, working with the toxicology division of the
Entre Ríos provincial police, searched five properties in Concepción del
Uruguay.[1]The searches were part of a case under Argentina’s national drug
law 23.737 and the Entre Ríos provincial law 10.566 on narcomenudeo, local
retail drug dealing.[1]The Juzgado de Garantías y Transición of Concepción
del Uruguay, the provincial bail and rights court, ordered the detention of five
people, who the force said belong to a criminal drug organisation.[1]
During the searches, officers seized wrappings holding 1 kilo303 grams of
cannabis sativa.[1]Officers also seized marijuana seeds and plants, cutting
and packaging materials, a precision scale, cash, and 14 and 11.25 calibre
cartridges.[1]The same seizure included 5.7 grams of cocaine, a separate
substance recorded here only to explain the mixed case.[1]
The investigation began in May 2022 under the direction of the Concepción del
Uruguay federal prosecutor’s office, aiming to break up an organisation involved
in holding firearms and selling drugs.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the Gendarmería's account of the five searches in Concepción del Uruguay, showing the scene of one of the raids. Photo: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina.Photo details
Original
1280 × 960 px · JPEG · 202 KB
SHA-256
c6b3d21ac77d6b55…
Retrieved
6 Nov 2026
Shown
the publisher's file, through an image proxy
Source: Argentina.gob.ar (Gendarmería Nacional)Second photo published with the Gendarmería's account of the Concepción del Uruguay searches. Photo: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina.Photo details
The release gives no separate date for the searches; 7 November 2022 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The number of marijuana plants and seeds seized is not published, only that there were plants and seeds, so no plant count is recorded.
No name, age or charge for the five detainees was published, and no court outcome beyond the detention order was reported.
No street value, volume of cash or number of cartridges was given.
The 5.7 grams of cocaine is excluded from the cannabis figures; the report does not state whether the marijuana weight was a laboratory-confirmed figure.
Only the Gendarmería's own release could be opened; no independent outlet account of this event was found, and the page's two photos are uncaptioned official images.
Entre Ríos police searched a home in Nogoyá on 10 November 2026 and detained one person in a narcomenudeo investigation. Officers seized small quantities of cocaine and marijuana, more than 100,000 pesos, two phones, a digital scale and nylon cuttings.
Police raided two homes in Cipolletti's Barrio 1200 Viviendas on 9 November 2026 after a three-month inquiry into retail drug sales, seizing portioned marijuana and cocaine, scales, cash and a pistol. Six adults were notified that a federal narcotics case had been opened against them under Argentina's drug law, though no arrests were reported.
Catamarca police searched a house on Calle 2 de Febrero in Santa María city and seized 27 marijuana seedlings, a gram scale and two phones, with the case under the federal court in Catamarca. Officers also reported suspected cocaine and detained a 27-year-old man at the end of the search.
Corrientes police detained a 21-year-old with an outstanding capture request in a raid on a house on Calle Castillo in Curuzú Cuatiá on 8 November 2026. Officers seized cocaine, marijuana, two firearms, a phone and cash, publishing no weights.
