At the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, a judge issued a detention order to twelve alleged members of the criminal gang called Las Villas, which was involved in drug trafficking in the municipality of Floridablanca (Santander).
According to the investigation, this gang operated in Villa Esperanza area and its surroundings where they committed crimes since 2022 and sold drugs using various modalities, a situation that was alerted by the community in the area.
During the arrest carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office and the National Police, more than 1,000 grams of narcotics such as marijuana and cocaine were seized; in addition to clonazepam pills and a firearm.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged them with aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime for the purpose of trafficking, manufacturing and possession of narcotics in accordance with their individual criminal responsibilities.
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The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out criminal investigations within the Office of the Attorney General. By the time this communication is disclosed, the legal status of the people mentioned is still pending to be resolved by the competent judicial authority, always under the presumption of innocence contemplated by Article 29 of the Political Constitution and Article 7 of Law 906 of 2004