A mum-of-three cop’s car exploded on a petrol station forecourt while full of COCAINE.
Police sergeant, Sofía Esther Chaparro was with her kids, aged nine, 13, and 14, at the time.
CCTV footage shows them standing next to the Ford Fiesta.
It then suddenly exploded sending drugs flying everywhere.
Cops said there was 20kg (44lb) of cocaine in the vehicle.
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Some of the blocks of cocaine remained intact, while others disintegrated, scattering white powder into the air and onto the tarmac.
The car was left a mangled mess after the explosion in Orán, Argentina, near the Bolivian border.
A woman and her three children – aged nine, 13, and 14 – were travelling in the car and were outside the vehicle when the blast happened.
The driver, 32-year-old Sofía Esther Chaparro, is a police sergeant.
Chaparro has been in the Buenos Aires Provincial Police for 12 years and was off work on medical leave, according to local media.
She was arrested at the scene,
Her kids were taken to a nearby hospital, where the younger teen received treatment for a minor eye injury.
They were picked up by their dad, who separated from his wife recently, a short while later.
Chaparro has been charged with drug trafficking with aggravating factors, which could see her jailed for six to 20 years.
Prosecutors are investigating the case.
She is being held on remand following the blast on Wednesday (7 Feb) night.
Federal assistant prosecutor María del Carmen Núñez told local media: “In addition to the seized drugs, five packages – resembling ‘bricks’ – remained intact.
“Five mobile phones and other items of value for the case, such as gas cylinder receipts, among other documents, were also confiscated.”
Chaparro claims she’d picked the car up from a garage earlier that day and was unaware of the drugs.
The article features on What’s The Jam.
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