Two held in La Falda raid that seized 355 cocaine doses and two marijuana doses
The FPA, Córdoba's anti-drug police, detained two men in La Falda on 30 October 2026 in three raids on homes in the Villa Ramón Soria and Parque neighbourhoods, seizing 355 doses of cocaine, two doses of marijuana and 600,000 pesos. Prosecutors charged both, described as the group's supplier and deliveryman, with aggravated drug trafficking.
🇦🇷 La Falda, Punilla department, Córdoba · Argentina
Two men were detained in La Falda, in Córdoba province, on Friday 30 October
2026, accused of belonging to a drug-selling organisation.[1]Córdoba’s Fuerza
Policial Antinarcotráfico (FPA), the provincial anti-drug police, carried out
three raids: two at homes in Villa Ramón Soria and one in Parque.[2][3]One
detainee was identified as the supplier of the drugs and the other as a
deliveryman; investigators said the group had its centre of operations in La
Falda.[2]
Officers seized 355 doses of cocaine, two doses of marijuana and 600,000
Argentine pesos in cash.[2][4]They also found a firearm, 45 cartridges, three
digital scales and a machine for counting money.[5][4]
Both men were charged withaggravateddrug trafficking for the participation of
three or more people.[2][5]The prosecution ordered them transferred to judicial
headquarters and the seized evidence sent on for the investigation.[2]
The raids followed an investigation led by Nelson Lingua, the anti-drug prosecutor in Cosquín.[4]
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An FPA officer in tactical gear at the doorway of a home during the La Falda raids. Photo: FPA.Photo details
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Open questions the AI reported
No weight was published for the two doses of marijuana, so the cannabis seizure could not be recorded in kilograms.
The two detainees were not named and no ages were given.
No court date, plea or outcome was reported; the accounts end with the men transferred to judicial headquarters.
The 600,000 pesos was cash seized in the raids, not an official valuation of the drugs.
The operation is linked to an earlier FPA raid in La Falda on 9 October 2026 in which two people were arrested and cannabis plants were seized; that is a separate event, left out of this report.
The Córdoba prosecutor's office page carries three uncaptioned photos of the operation; they could not be matched confidently to the two Cba24n images and are not listed separately.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Radio Villa María: The operation was led by prosecutor Nelson Lingua of the Cosquín anti-drug prosecution office.
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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.
