At the request of the Attorney General’s Office, a judge imposed a prison sentence on Rigoberto Emilio Segura Osorio and Juan Erwin Vera Angarita, who are allegedly involved in the transport of narcotics in Norte de Santander.
In this regard, a prosecutor appointed to the Sectional Office in Pamplona charged them with trafficking, manufacture or possession of narcotics. They did not plead guilty to the charges.
Both men were arrested in fragante delicto by the National Police on a road that leads from Chitaga to Pamplona (Norte de Santander). According to the investigation, the defendants who were traveling in a van allegedly asked for a tow truck to be repaired.
During the trip, they were requested by the National Police to stop for inspection in a checkpoint. The tow truck driver stopped, but the people who were traveling in the other vehicle tried to flee, but they were detained a few meters ahead.
When inspecting the van, the authorities found 949 rectangular packages and two sacks containing 38 bags with a vegetable substance inside. After carrying out preliminary tests, it was determined that it was marijuana and weighted 527.3 kilos.
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.