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Lima | 16 June, 2006 [ 17:40 ]

Update: One ton of cocaine seized in Lima's district Chorrillos

June 16, 5:15 p.m. - Update:

Details of the quiet and surprising operation of antidrug agents (Dirandro) were released today.
During the last 2 days, the National Police in Lima, Chimbote and Puno managed to capture five subjects linked to a powerful drug-trafficing organization of Mexican origin.
The capture of these subjects also led to last night's discovery of approx. 1,000 kg of cocaine ready for its transfer to the United States.

The police operation, code word 'Barrabás', began last April with the observation of two foreigners gathering cocaine in the capital.

After a series of pursuits and tight surveillance, the DIRANDO decided to take action last Wednesday, June 14, when the Mexican citizen Robert Reyes Barraza, a.k.a.  “Colocho”, tried to cross the border post in the department of Puno.

Yesterday, Peruvian César Antonio Marín Loayza, a.k.a. 'Toño' and his wife Feliciana Haydée Díaz Fernández, a.k.a. 'La Gringa', were captured while riding a taxi in Chorrillos.

The pair led police to the address located in the urbanization Santa Leonor, in Chorrillos, where 837 brick-type packages of cocaine were seized.

The police also investigated in Chimbote resulting in two more arrests in a mechanical shop, a Bolivian citizen Alejandro Fernando Pacheco Sotomayor, a.k.a. 'Don Álex', and the Peruvian Julio César León Muñante.

This seizure is the most important of the year in Lima. Indications are that Mexican  drug cartells are behind this operation in Peru, according to police officials.


June 15, 9:43 p.m.

The National Police seized at least one ton of hydrochlorate cocaine today from a house in Lima's district Chorrillos and arrested four people, two Peruvians, a Bolivian and a Mexican.

The owners of the house on "Ernesto Días" street said they rented it to a pair whose identity is still being investigated.

The competent public prosecutor, Ana Maria Leiva, arrived at the place to initiate the corresponding investigations including the identity of the arrested people. The police used plastic bags to transfer the drug shipment, believed to belong to the 'Sinaloa'cartell and is valued at approximately US$ 20 mil.


tags : Peru Lima Chorillos cocaine law justice drugs

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