Gendarmería Nacional officers searched 10 properties in the Buenos Aires districts of La Matanza, Tres de Febrero and San Martín on the orders of the Juzgado Federal en lo Criminal y Correccional Nº 2.[1] The raids followed seven months of investigative work against an organisation that sold marijuana seeds.[1] Officers detained nine members of the organisation, six men and three women.[1]

Officers seized 11,400 marijuana seeds in bulk and 867 high-potency blisters.[1] The searches also produced 1 kilo 914 grams of “creepy” marijuana, buds and 1.2 litres of cannabis oil.[1] Gendarmes also took six cars, cash in five currencies, grow lights, an electronic scale and a banknote counter.[1]

One searched property was fitted out to look like a company office but served as a “búnker”, a fortified base for the group, with an alarm system.[1] The organisation flew seeds in from Spain, with stopovers in Chile or Uruguay, and sold them through a Facebook page, delivering by hand or by post.[1] The seeds were “feminised” so that buyers would grow female plants, which Gendarmería said produce more buds than male plants.[1]

The Juzgado Federal Nº 2, without naming its judge, ordered the detentions and the seizure of the seeds, buds and other evidence.[1] MDZ Online reported the same operation the same day with identical figures, describing the organisation as a “multinational” of marijuana seeds.[2]