Street officers of the La Rioja federal operational division were conducting a midday crime-prevention operation.[1] They stopped a man who had been handling an object with his hands and then put it into a waist pouch.[1] The stop happened on Avenida Ramón Navarro in the Mis Montañas neighbourhood, near Provincial School No. 13, a secondary school, and Papa Francisco School No. 412, a primary school.[1] A second La Rioja outlet confirms the seizure happened during a Thursday midday prevention operation in the same neighbourhood on the same avenue.[2]
Officers carried out a personal search and found marijuana among the man’s clothing.[1] They seized the substance and placed the man at the disposal of the Federal Justice system.[1] The case is before substitute Judge Dr. Mario Martínez, through the Criminal Secretariat headed by Dr. Liliam Chumbita.[1] That outlet likewise reports that the officers found marijuana on the man after searching him.[2]
