The narcotics were allegedly sold in small quantities to criminal groups in Teruel, Iquira, Palermo, and Yaguará (Huila).
At the request of the Office of the Attorney General, a supervisory judge imposed a preventive detention measure in prison for Fanor Andrés Ortiz Cruz, who is allegedly responsible for storing marijuana in a warehouse in Teruel (Huila).
A prosecutor appointed to the branch office in Huila (Seccional Huila) charged him with trafficking, manufacturing, or possession of narcotics. The defendant did not plead guilty to the charges.
During a search warrant that was carried out by members of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI), with support from the Police and the National Army, in La Esperanza neighborhood, this person was arrested in flagrante delicto. In addition, 50 bags containing 74 pounds of marijuana, a plastic container, a scale, and more than 37,000 doses of narcotics were seized.
According to the investigation, the substance was sold in small quantities for distribution by criminal groups in Teruel, Iquira, Palermo, and Yaguará (Huila).
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.