Gendarmerie raid on a La Rioja house finds cannabis plants; one held
Gendarmería Nacional officers searched a house in the Matadero neighbourhood of La Rioja city on 14 January 2022 and found cannabis plants over a metre tall, 21 grams of cannabis sativa, a precision scale and phones. One resident was detained under Argentina's drug law 23.737 on the orders of the Federal Court of La Rioja, which also ordered the marijuana seized.
🇦🇷 Barrio Matadero, La Rioja capital, La Rioja · Argentina
Gendarmes of the La Rioja complex-crimes and judicial procedures investigations
unit searched a house in the Matadero neighbourhood of La Rioja city, the
provincial capital.[1]The unit was supported by Squadron 58 of the Catamarca
grouping and by provincial police officers.[1]
The search followed a complaint and an investigation ordered by the intervening
magistrate into drug selling in the provincial capital.[1]Inside the house
the officers found cannabis plants more than a metre tall, 21 grams of cannabis
sativa, a precision scale and mobile phones.[1]
A resident of the house was detained in a case under Law 23.737, Argentina’s
narcotics law.[1]The Federal Court of La Rioja ordered the detention and the
seizure of the marijuana.[1]
Photos and video
Uncaptioned Gendarmería photo published inside the release on the search of the Matadero house. Photo: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina.Photo details
The release does not give a separate date for the search; it says the search took place "esta mañana" and is dated 14 January 2022, which is used as the incident date.
The number of cannabis plants found is not stated, so no plant count is recorded.
The resident detained is not named and no age is given; the release does not say whether they were charged after being brought before the federal court.
No street value was published for the 21 grams of cannabis sativa.
No court outcome beyond the Federal Court of La Rioja ordering the detention and the seizure was reported.
The substance is described only as 21 grams of cannabis sativa; the release does not say whether it was buds or pressed marijuana.
No second, independent account of this search was found; local searches returned only the government release and unrelated later La Rioja cases.
The two handout photos on the release carry no captions or credits, so what each shows beyond belonging to this case is not established.
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