Oran: Explosion in a car laden with cocaine. He carried drugs in a gas pipe

The explosion occurred around midnight last Wednesday in the city of San Ramon de la Nueva Oran.

According to the assistant federal prosecutor Maria del Carmen NunezThe person in charge of investigating the incident said that the car stopped at a service station located on Palacios Avenue, a few meters from the San Vicente de Paul Hospital.

A woman and three children aged 9, 13 and 14 were traveling in the vehicle. The driver is a member of the Buenos Aires Provincial Police, who had come to Oran from the city of Corrientes and stayed in a hotel.

He stopped to refill gas at 11:30 pm on Wednesday when a massive explosion occurred, exposing several packages of drugs resembling “bricks” hidden inside the gas tube. With the explosion, some of the drug dispersed into the air, however, the estimated weight Just over 20 kilos of cocaine,

The driver was immediately detained and is now being held in Squadron 20 of the National Gendarmerie in Oran. Furthermore, and as a result of the explosion, A 13-year-old minor traveling with the police suffered an eye injuryDue to which he had to attend the hospital, although it was not serious.

Oran’s decentralized fiscal headquarters, headed by prosecutor José Luis Bruno, is investigating a Ford Fiesta car that was transporting drugs in a gas tube, which exploded when it was loaded at a service station in that city.

Assistant Prosecutor María del Carmen Núñez said a hearing has already been requested to formalize the criminal investigation so that relevant criminal charges can be filed. In this case, the Federal Judge of Guarantee of Oran will intervene, gustavo montoya,

Regarding other details, the assistant prosecutor declined to give further details while awaiting a formal hearing, an occasion in which she said other evidence would be presented, and where the detained woman would be able to defend herself.

As for the three children, they were left in the care of their father, who arrived after the explosion and took responsibility for them.