Argentine Lab Used Tuna Cans To Export Cocaine ff

The investigation started in Mar del Plata, in Argentina 10 months ago. At the place where the drug was manufactured there were 8 kilos of base pasta and 20 kilos of cocaine to be traded in the CONURBANO and also to be exported inside tuna cans.

The investigation started off when a brigade of policemen from Buenos Aires located a house in Mar del Plata where cocaine was being sold. Instead of proceeding with detentions, police officers decided to follow the suspects and find out where the drugs were originating from. At that moment, they had no clue that this could link to a large gang of drug dealers with production of their own.

Ten months later, the agents discovered the drug trade routing. A couple from Tucuman were in charge of supplying the “basic paste” by bringing it from the northern Argentina, probably imported from Bolivia, and delivering it to a clandestine laboratory located in a rural suburb of La Matanza. There the cocaine was being processed to be sold locally and also exported hidden in tuna cans.

The police recently uncovered the operation by making 20 arrests. The operation called “White Tuna” was ordered by a federal judge of Mar del Plata.

The lab was located in a rural area of La Matanza County and to reach the area, the policed had to follow a 5 kilometer a bumpy 5-kilometer dirt road. Undercover police on horseback were continuously observing the area.

In the lab they found two large one-meter-high black plastic bags full of pure cocaine, two screens to dry the drug and a hydraulic press to pack the cocaine into small bundles. They also found four drums each containing 200 liters of chemical liquids to process the drug. Furthermore, they found 10,000 empty tuna cans.

Investigations continue.