Man held with marijuana doses in Barrio Sarmiento, San Francisco
Officers of Córdoba's anti-drug force, the FPA, arrested an adult man during a preventive street patrol on Boulevard Sáenz Peña in Barrio Sarmiento, San Francisco. They seized several doses of marijuana, cash and other items of interest, and the prosecutor's office ordered the detainee and seized items moved to local judicial headquarters.
🇦🇷 Boulevard Sáenz Peña al 1000, Barrio Sarmiento, San Francisco, Córdoba · Argentina
In San Francisco, officers detained a man during a check on the 1000 block of
Boulevard Sáenz Peña after seizing several doses of marijuana, cash and items of
interest.[1]Local outlet Radiocanal reported that the stop on the 1000 block
of Boulevard Sáenz Peña ended with the arrest of an adult man.[2]According to
the official report, the stop took place in Barrio Sarmiento along a busy
commercial stretch of Boulevard Sáenz Peña.[3]The procedure was carried out
by personnel of the Special Interventions Company of the Fuerza Policial
Antinarcotráfico (FPA), the anti-narcotics police force.[2]
During the preventive check, officers intercepted an adult and searched him,
seizing several doses of marijuana, cash and various items of interest to the
case.[3]Radiocanal likewise reported that officers confiscated several doses
of marijuana, cash and other items considered relevant to the investigation.[2]
The arrest formed part of sustained preventive checks and targeted patrols
deployed across the province against narcomenudeo, small-scale drug retail.[3]After the arrest, officers notified the judicial authorities, and the
prosecutor’s office ordered the detainee and all seized items transferred to
local judicial headquarters to continue the investigation.[3]The detained man
and the confiscated items were transferred to judicial headquarters in San
Francisco.[2]
Photos and video
FPA officer escorting a detained man, published with Radio Estación's report on the Barrio Sarmiento arrest.Photo details
No separate date was published for the street check; 10 November 2026 is the publication date of the official announcement and news reports and is used as the incident date.
No dose count, weight in grams or official value was published for the seized marijuana, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.
No amount was disclosed for the seized cash, and the other items of interest were not specified.
Radio Estación's headline describes the detainee as a drug delivery courier, while neither its body text nor the MPF Córdoba and Radiocanal accounts report delivery activity, formal charges or a court outcome beyond transfer to judicial headquarters.
The detainee's name and age were not released beyond being an adult man.
The MPF Córdoba statement also reports a separate preventive-control arrest involving marijuana doses on calle Malvinas Argentinas al 1300 in Jesús María, a different event left out here.
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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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