Six held in four raids on retail drug houses in Santiago del Estero
Police in Santiago del Estero carried out four simultaneous raids on homes in the Campo Contreras and Inmigrantes neighbourhoods, taking six people into custody: four men aged 27 to 39, a 64-year-old woman and a 32-year-old woman. Officers seized 118 wrappers of cocaine (18.75 g), 33 wrappers of marijuana (35.75 g), 4,339,790 pesos in cash and eleven mobile phones.
🇦🇷 Campo Contreras and Inmigrantes neighbourhoods, Santiago del Estero · Argentina
- Arrested
- 6
- Cannabis
- 35.75 g
The raids were ordered by a court in an investigation under National Law 23.737,
Argentina’s drug law, and targeted homes where drugs were sold by the dose, a
practice known locally as narcomenudeo.[1] Five people were detained: four men
aged between 27 and 39 and a 64-year-old woman.[1] A 32-year-old woman was
also apprehended and left at the disposal of the courts.[2]
Officers seized 118 wrappers of cocaine weighing 18.75 grams in total and 33
wrappers of marijuana weighing 35.75 grams.[1] They also seized 4,339,790
pesos in cash, eleven mobile phones, nylon cuttings and a pair of scissors, all
added to the case file.[1] Investigators described the cash as the direct
proceeds of the sales.[3]
The case continues under the direction of the judicial authority, which is
seeking to establish what happened.[1]
Sources
- Varios detenidos en cuatro allanamientos por narcomenudeo en dos barrios de Santiago. El Liberal, 30 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Cinco detenidos tras cuatro allanamientos por narcomenudeo en los barrios Campo Contreras e Inmigrantes. Diario Panorama, 30 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Cuatro allanamientos en Capital, con secuestro de drogas y seis apresados. Nuevo Diario Web, 31 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no separate date for the raids; 30 October 2026 is the publication date of the first accounts, and Nuevo Diario Web published on 31 October.
- El Liberal and Diario Panorama count five people detained and a sixth apprehended, while Nuevo Diario Web's headline speaks of six arrested; this report counts all six as taken into custody.
- None of the six people was named, and no charges, court dates or outcomes were reported.
- No value was placed on the drugs; the 4,339,790 pesos is cash seized, not a valuation.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Diario Panorama: Six people were taken into custody when police carried out four simultaneous raids on homes in the Campo Contreras and Inmigrantes neighbourhoods of Santiago del Estero, the provincial capital.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Nuevo Diario Web: Previous inquiries had detected a steady flow of buyers at different times of day.
