Two marijuana seedlings seized in Valle Viejo home
On 2 November 2026 officers seized two cultivated marijuana seedlings from a home in La Playa, Polcos, Valle Viejo, after judicial officers spotted Cannabis sativa-like plants during a judicial measure. Judicial Unit No. 10 and the motorized group called in the Dangerous Drugs Directorate, and the Federal Court under Judge Miguel Ángel Contreras took over the case.
🇦🇷 Barrio La Playa, Polcos, Valle Viejo · Argentina
Around 12:30 on 2 November 2026, clerks from Judicial Unit No. 10, assisted by
members of the Motorized Action Group (GAM-Pampa), were carrying out a judicial
measure at a dwelling in the La Playa neighbourhood of Polcos, in the Valle
Viejo department.[1]The dwelling is described as being in the La Playa
neighbourhood of the locality of Polcos, in the Valle Viejo department.[1]While at the property, the officers observed plants similar to the Cannabis
sativa variety being cultivated there.[1]
According to police sources, the officers who were carrying out the measure
immediately gave intervention to their peers in the Dangerous Drugs Directorate
to examine the suspected plants.[1]After performing tasks within their
speciality, those drugs officers seized two marijuana seedlings that were being
cultivated inside the La Playa property.[1]Police described the seized plants
as two marijuana seedlings under cultivation, making seedlings the reported form
of the cannabis found.[1]
The Federal Court, under Judge Miguel Ángel Contreras, took cognizance of the
matter, and further directives in the case were issued from that court.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
2
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Cultivation
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
El Esquiúelesquiu.comESSecuestraron plantines de marihuana en una vivienda de Valle Viejo
Open questions the AI reported
The incident date of 2 November 2026 is inferred from “ayer” around 12:30 relative to the 3 November 2026 publication; no separate event date is stated.
No arrests, charges, weights, values or court outcome for the cannabis find were reported.
Only one source for this event was found; searches for a second account returned nothing.
The page photo is not listed as media because its caption and credit do not establish that it shows the two seedlings, and its file path points to a January 2024 image, suggesting reuse.
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