Overview
- Police at the Puesto Fronterizo Cabo Vallejo on National Route 9 found ARS 170,948,000 concealed in two packages inside a Toyota Hilux.
- The cash was counted in ARS 20,000, ARS 10,000, and ARS 2,000 bills after officers discovered the bundles hidden in the seat back.
- A 28-year-old driver and a 51-year-old passenger from Orán, Salta, were detained when they could not present documentation and said the money belonged to a third party.
- A 46-year-old man from San Ramón de la Nueva Orán later appeared claiming ownership and submitted documents now under judicial review.
- Juzgado Federal N°2 in Tucumán, after consulting prosecutors, ordered the total seizure, domicile verification of the claimant, and continued investigation under Operativo Lapacho 2026 without imposing preventive detention.