A 34-year-old man was apprehended during a house search in San Cayetano as part of an investigation into alleged drug dealing.[1] The case had been opened on the police’s own initiative by the Technical Operations Office of the communal police station against a local resident with a record for similar acts.[1] With support from the municipal monitoring centre, investigators used following, film records and field work to document the suspect’s movements.[1]

The home search was authorised by Guarantees Court No. 1 of the Necochea judicial district and carried out by communal headquarters and San Cayetano station personnel.[1] During the procedure, officers seized a plastic container holding 35 grams of marijuana buds.[1] They also seized nylon cuttings, a precision scale, 80,000 pesos in cash and three mobile phones, a Motorola E7 and two Samsung phones, models A05 and A04.[1] Ecos Diarios likewise describes a plastic pot with 35 grams of marijuana buds, light-green nylon cuttings, a Time-brand precision scale, cash, notes and three mobile phones found in the dwelling.[2] Caynet reports the investigation had started on the police’s own initiative against a city resident with a record for the same type of acts.[3]

The judicial authority upheld the investigation and the apprehension, and the man was notified that he faces a case of possession of drugs for marketing purposes under Law 23,737.[1] The case is handled by Prosecutor’s Office UFI No. 30 of Necochea, under prosecutor Carlos Larrarte.[1] The detained man was to be taken to the Complex Crimes Prosecutor’s Office to give an indagatoria statement under article 308 of the Criminal Procedure Code, when his procedural situation will be decided.[1] TSN Necochea confirms the man was charged under Law 23,737 and will be brought to the Complex Crimes Prosecutor’s Office for his indagatoria statement.[4]