Gendarmerie raids two Río Grande homes, seizing 10 cannabis plants
Gendarmería Nacional officers searched two homes in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, and seized 10 cannabis plants weighing 10.641 kg, 31.4 g of buds, seeds, phones and indoor growing equipment. Two people were placed at the disposal of the federal prosecutor's office in Río Grande; the release names no arrests.
Officers of the Gendarmería Nacional’s unit for complex crimes and judicial proceedings in Ushuaia
searched two homes in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, in an investigation into breaches of the drug law
(Ley 23.737).[1][2]They seized 10 cannabis plants weighing 10.641 kg, 31.4 grams of buds, seeds and
mobile phones.[1][2]
Officers also took indoor growing equipment — lighting and ventilation systems, grow tents and
fertilisers — and devices allegedly used to divide the drug into doses.[1][2]The searches were
supported by the San Sebastián international border post section, the Ushuaia criminalistics and
forensic unit, the Ushuaia criminal-intelligence unit and staff of ARCA, the tax and customs agency.[1][2]
The federal prosecutor’s office in Río Grande (Fiscalía Descentralizada Río Grande) is handling the
case, and two people involved were placed at its disposal (“supeditados a la causa”).[1][2]The
release names no arrests.[1]
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