"Tayson," a trained Customs dog, prevented the entry of almost 7 kg of cocaine at the international border crossing of La Quiaca, on the border with Bolivia, the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) reported today (27.09.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX).
In a statement, the DGA said that the discovery took place during a routine check, when the bus arrived at the Customs post. The agency's staff began with such inspections and decided to use a non-intrusive method of control: customs scannerThere, the images revealed the presence of abnormal lumps inside the seats.
During the inspection of the vehicle, the agents "summoned a customs team (guide-dog)," said the DGA and pointed out: "when the customs dog He searched the interior of the vehicle, stopped at some seats, displaying behavior consistent with the presence of narcotics and/or foreign currency."
Faced with the animal's behavior, the Customs staff decided to dismantle the back of the seats marked by the dog and found no less than six packages wrapped in black tape. After carrying out a drug test on the substance contained in the package, they confirmed that it was 6.628,12 grams of cocaine.
Customs agents informed the Federal Fiscal Unit of Jujuy of the procedure and seized the entire drug, whose value It amounts to $99.421,77.
The DGA stated that "the brick of cocaine had the figure of a dolphin in bas-relief. These types of symbols are often used in drug trafficking to indicate both which cartel produced the narcotics and the purity of the drug.
The prosecution requested that Tyson and his guide also conduct a drug check on the luggage of the bus passengers. The dog initially marked the belongings of an Argentine passenger, but upon inspection they found nothing suspicious. The man was released and subject to prosecution.
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