Thanks to five home searches, the Prosecutor’s Office in Caldas managed to arrest 10 people who would belong to two illegal organizations that commit crimes in Riosucio and Chinchiná.
These people would be involved in the sale of narcotics in said locations. They were charged with aggravated criminal conspiracy; trafficking, manufacture and/or possession of narcotics and illicit allocation of real estate or personal property.
Eight of the defendants were arrested in the sectors: La Pave, La Candelaria park and San Sebastián park in Riosucio, where different quantities of marijuana, bazooka and cocaine were seized, in addition to a 38 mm caliber firearm, a traumatic weapon and a motorcycle.
In Chinchiná, two people who are believed to have committed crimes in La Frontera neighborhood were arrested. At the scene, authorities found cocaine, marijuana, ketamine and a traumatic weapon with seven cartridges.
In both operations, cell phones, elements used to measure the dosage and cash were found.
None of the defendants pleaded guilty to the charges brought by a prosecutor belonging to the office known as Estructura de Apoyo in Manizales (Caldas). At the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, people under investigation were sentenced to prison.
The Office of the Attorney General makes this information public for reasons of general interest.
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.