On the afternoon of Wednesday 11 November, officers of the Federal departmental headquarters’ Dangerous Drugs division searched a house on Alicia Moreau de Justo street in Barrio El Silbido in Federal.[1] Police described the operation as a microtrafficking raid in which they seized narcotics and a firearm.[1] The investigation began after a procedure the previous day at Hospital Dr. Raul Camino, where officers detected a man trying to bring narcotics in for a person interned there.[2] The search was ordered by the acting guarantees court, with the local prosecutor’s office intervening.[2]
In the house officers seized mobile phones, cutting and portioning tools, handmade cigarettes and wrappers containing cannabis (marijuana), more than 20 cannabis sativa seedlings, a digital scale and a large-calibre shotgun found in working order, among other items of interest.[2]
Six people were in the house when officers arrived.[2] A 26-year-old man was detained and held in the lockup of the Federal police headquarters, while the five others, including two women, were identified by order of the judiciary.[2]
