As a result of search warrants ordered by the Prosecutor’s Office, 11 people were arrested and narcotics were seized.
The joint work of the Attorney General’s Office and the National Police allowed the arrest and prosecution of 11 alleged members of a criminal gang known as ‘la Raya’, which would be involved in small- scale drug dealing in the municipality of La Pintada (Antioquia).
In 15 search warrants, nine people were arrested by virtue of a court order and two more in flagrante delicto. Among those arrested were Juan David Contreras Castañeda, alias David or Misael, alleged leader of this gang.
The judicial work also allowed the seizure of a 9-millimeter caliber artisanal submachine gun with 9 cartridges, a silencer and more than 550 doses of marijuana and cocaine.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged them, according to their individual responsibilities, with conspiracy to commit a crime, trafficking, manufacturing or possession of narcotics and manufacturing, trafficking, possession of weapons, ammunition of restricted use, for the exclusive use of the armed forces.
The defendants did not plead guilty to the charges. A judge imposed a prison sentence.
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.