A Buenos Aires police sergeant’s car with nearly 20 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the gas tank exploded in Orán, Salta, on Wednesday. An Orán judge ordered Chaparro to be put under preventive detention for sixty days, following the request of a prosecutor. The incident occurred Wednesday night at a Orán gas station where Chaparro arrived aboard a Ford Fiesta with her children. After the explosion, people in the station noticed that the car and the surrounding area were covered with a white powder that turned out to be cocaine. She was currently on medical leave and had traveled to Corrientes and then to Salta with her children, Télam reported.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald February 10, 2024 20:16 UTC