The National Police has dismantled a band of criminals in Azua and seized 76 kilos of a white powder, thought to be cocaine. The police say the men are members of a dangerous gang called “Los Quik-Silver del Sector Los Prados”, involved in drug dealing. The band allegedly worked by defrauding people.
Those arrested were 29-year-old Eladio Bienvenido Alcántara Noboa; Jairon Yohan Soriano, 30, and Ángel Agramonte Medina, 29; Julio Ángel Noboa Melo, 44; Yeison Vargas Ramírez, 34, and Jeison Díaz Valdez, 18. All six are residents in Azua, and they were arrested following a long investigation by the Investigations Division of the National Police (Dicrim).
At the time of their arrest, as well as the suspected cocaine haul, the police confiscated cell phones, packaging material, RD$11,700.00 in cash, a 9mm pistol and two motorcycles.
The dismantled laboratory was located on the banks of the Via River in the Los Prados sector of Azua city.
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El Dia
6 August 2019