Police in Concordia detained a 42-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman after four simultaneous house raids carried out on Friday evening.[1] Both detainees were already serving house arrest in an earlier drug case.[1] The raids were ordered in an investigation that began with a complaint about threats.[1] Police say the couple had entered a home and allegedly threatened its owners with firearms in a long-standing dispute.[1]

The raids targeted homes at Córdoba and 56, Souza Reilly and La Pampa, and Liberman and Los Naranjeros, among other points.[1] Officers found two large wrappers of marijuana weighing about 300 grams, plus 11 wrappers of cocaine.[1] They seized a 9 mm Bersa Thunder pistol with three magazines and 54 rounds.[1] In another home they found a 12/70 Stoppin Power shotgun with 24 PG cartridges and four AT cartridges.[1] Police also took six cell phones, a precision scale, nylon cuttings and scissors.[1] The operation also yielded a Honda Wave 110 cc motorcycle and cash including Argentine money, one 1,000 Chilean-peso bill and three one-dollar bills.[1]

Prosecutor Natalia Conti ordered the two apprehensions.[1] The 42-year-old man was transferred to Penal Unit No. 8 in Federal after a four-year-six-month prison sentence became final that same Friday.[1] The investigation continues to determine responsibility and the origin of the weapons, ammunition and drugs.[1]