Three men held at a Resistencia check with 6 g of marijuana and a .22 revolver
Chaco police stopped three men aged 21, 23 and 31 in a white Renault Clio at avenida Lonardi and calle Borrini in Resistencia before dawn on Friday 6 November 2026. A field test confirmed six grams of marijuana in a jar, a .22 revolver was seized from another occupant, and the three were taken to the Ninth Metropolitan police station under firearm-carrying proceedings.
🇦🇷 Avenida Lonardi and calle Borrini, Resistencia, Chaco · Argentina
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Arrested
3
Cannabis
6 g
Agencies
División Cuerpo de Operaciones Motorizadas (COM), División Consumos Problemáticos +1
Officers of the Motorised Operations Corps of the Chaco police stopped three men
in a white Renault Clio at about 03:40 on Friday 6 November 2026, at the
junction of avenida Lonardi and calle Borrini in Resistencia, during a
preventive check.[1]The three detained men were 21, 23 and 31 years old.[2]One of the occupants was carrying a jar with a substance that raised suspicion,
and another was carrying a firearm.[3]
Personnel of the Problematic Consumption division carried out a field test that
was positive for marijuana, with a total weight of six grams.[3]Officers also
seized a .22 long-calibre revolver, identified as a Doberman, with three unfired
cartridges and one spent casing in its cylinder.[2]The man carrying the
revolver could not prove its ownership or where it came from.[3]
The three men were taken to the Ninth Metropolitan police station for the
corresponding legal formalities.[1]The case was recorded as proceedings for a
suspected infringement of article 189 bis of the Penal Code.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Cannabis
6 g
Agencies
División Cuerpo de Operaciones Motorizadas (COM); División Consumos Problemáticos; Fiscalía de Investigación Penal N.o 1
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (6 g)
Setting
Vehicle, Street or public place
Charge
presunta infracción al artículo 189 bis del Código Penal
The three outlets reproduce the same Chaco police statement, so no independent account of the checkpoint was found.
The six grams were confirmed by a field test, with no laboratory result reported.
No cannabis charge is reported: the proceedings named are for a suspected infringement of article 189 bis of the Penal Code over the firearm, and the men's situation after the formalities is not stated.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Noticias Data: By order of Criminal Investigation Prosecutor's Office No. 1, headed by Ana Lovey Pessano, the marijuana, the firearm and the ammunition were seized.
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Arrested 2Cannabis 44 gVehicles confiscated 1Cash confiscated ARS 336,400
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Arrested 3Cannabis 88.42 gVehicles confiscated 1Cash confiscated ARS 6,200
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