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The investigation is in charge of the prosecutor Mónica Ferrero; there are three other people required by this case
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December 18, 2022 at 18:34
At dawn on Saturday, a small plane carrying a drug shipment was intercepted in Salto. The police operation, which took place near the Termas del Arapey, ended with four people arrested, and the seizure of 443 kilos of a substance that is presumed to be cocainealthough justice hopes to confirm it after studies are carried out.
In the last few hours, the First Shift Narcotics Prosecutor, Mónica Ferrero, accused a Bolivian citizen who was the pilot of the aircraft for the crime of “importation and transport of narcotic substances” and an aeronautical crime as perpetrator.
While, two other Uruguayan nationals They were accused of “complicity in the organization of drug trafficking.” The three people are in pretrial detention until June 16, 2023, while the investigation continues.
Another of the pilots who is hospitalized after being shot in the leg during the Interior Ministry operation will be questioned once he is discharged. Meanwhile, there are three other people who are required by the investigation of the case and whose nationality is unknown.
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