Six held as 25 Lanús raids seize 39 cannabis plants
Police raided 25 houses in Lanús on 29 October 2026, dismantling a motorcycle chop-shop and detaining six people. At one house in Villa de los Industriales they seized 39 marijuana plants alongside cocaine, detaining one man there.
🇦🇷 Catamarca al 2700, Villa de los Industriales, Lanús · Argentina
Police carried out 25 raids in Barrio Acuba in Villa Diamante and Villa de los
Industriales in Lanús, detaining six people and seizing numerous motorcycle
parts.[1][2]The raids were carried out on 29 October under five cases involving
aggravated threats, aggravated armed robbery, attempted homicide and drug
dealing.[3]Officers detained a 43-year-old man at the house on Catamarca al
2700 where the cannabis was found.[3][2]
At that Catamarca address officers seized 39 marijuana plants together with 21.5
grams of cocaine.[3][2]At a house on Olazábal al 5400 officers seized 19.5 grams
of pasta base and detained a 32-year-old man.[3][2]Across the operation police
seized six motorcycles, five adulterated engines, 21 wheels and a large quantity
of parts.[1]The investigation was run by the Tactical Operations Groups of
Lanús police stations 5 and 7 and deployed in Barrio Acuba and Villa de los
Industriales in the Lanús district of Buenos Aires province.[1]
The raids were supported by the Halcón special group and Departmental Support
Groups (GAD).[1]The six detainees were placed under judicial authority and
were to be transferred to the judicial offices on Friday 30 October.[1]Canal
26 reported that the identities of those detained and the specific charges had
not been disclosed.[1]
Police said four of the six detentions were in a robbery investigation and two were in a drug investigation.[2]The raids covered 24 homes in Acuba and one in Villa de los Industriales.[2]In another house police seized a mobile phone and video-recording equipment, and the person identified there was not counted among the six detained.[2]
Photos and video
Photo of the dismantled motorcycle chop-shop in Lanús. Photo: Canal 26.Photo details
The 21.5 grams of cocaine and 19.5 grams of pasta base are excluded from the cannabis figures because they are not cannabis.
Only one of the six detentions occurred at the house where the 39 cannabis plants were found, and only two detentions were recorded under the drug law.
No court outcome or specific charges for the detained people were reported.
The report uses 29 October 2026 as the incident date from the second account; the submitted article gives only its 2 November 2026 publication date.
Whether the Canal 26 lead photo shows the cannabis seizure or the motorcycle parts could not be established from its caption alone.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Perspectiva Sur: Four of the six detentions were attributed to the aggravated-robbery investigation and two to offences under drug law 23.737.
Entre Ríos police searched a home in Nogoyá on 10 November 2026 and detained one person in a narcomenudeo investigation. Officers seized small quantities of cocaine and marijuana, more than 100,000 pesos, two phones, a digital scale and nylon cuttings.
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.
