23-year-old held in Godoy Cruz with marijuana packets and cigarettes
Mendoza police apprehended a 23-year-old man near Calle Chamical in Godoy Cruz after a security search found marijuana wrappers and handmade cigarettes hidden with cocaine. Officers seized six small and five large marijuana wrappers and 42 handmade cigarettes, plus 26 cocaine wrappers and cash, and took him to Comisaría 40.
🇦🇷 Calle Chamical, Godoy Cruz, Mendoza · Argentina
A 23-year-old man was apprehended near Calle Chamical in Godoy Cruz, Mendoza,
after officers of the Unidad de Acción Preventiva Godoy Cruz (UAP) found
fractionated drugs among his belongings.[1]The UAP is the preventive-action
unit of the Policía de Mendoza, and its officers were covering that part of the
department on a preventive patrol when they noticed him.[2]When he saw the
uniforms he stopped walking in front of a house, and the officers approached to
identify him.[1]
During a security pat-down they found a package wrapped in tape that contained
suspected drugs.[1]They then searched what he was carrying and seized 26
wrappers of cocaine, six small wrappers of marijuana and five large wrappers of
marijuana.[1]Officers also seized 42 handmade cigarettes of marijuana and
cash.[2]He was taken to Comisaría 40, the 40th police station, and the
substances and the other items were seized.[1]
The Mendoza government said the intervention took place on Tuesday on Calle
Chamical, during preventive patrols the Policía de Mendoza carries out in Godoy
Cruz.[2]The marijuana was already divided into street wrappers and handmade
cigarettes and was hidden in his clothing together with the cocaine.[1]
Photos and video
White cylinders, silver packets and plastic-wrapped doses laid out on a wooden table with a banknote, the picture published with the Calle Chamical seizure. Photo: MDZ OnlinePhoto details
No weight was published for the marijuana wrappers or the handmade cigarettes.
The cash was described only as money in hand, with no amount.
The man was not named, and no charge or court outcome was reported.
The stop is dated from the government's statement that it happened on Tuesday, in accounts published on 11 November 2026, so 10 November 2026 is that Tuesday.
Both accounts follow the same police description of the stop.
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