National Police officers arrested a man known as alias ‘El Negro’ in the Antioquia municipality of Caldas, describing him as an alleged member of the local organised crime group ‘La Miel’.[1] The arrest came during two search and raid procedures in the sector La Inmaculada.[1] Hora 13 reported that the two raids were carried out at a house in Caldas.[2] Police said the house was used to store, dose and sell drugs.[1] According to the investigation, he was linked to selling marijuana and cocaine hydrochloride in the sector known as ‘El Hueco’, in Caldas.[1] During the searches, officers found and seized about 8,000 doses of the two substances.[1] Hora 13 gave the same quantity as about 8,000 doses of marijuana and cocaine hydrochloride.[2] Nación Paisa reported the same arrest and the seizure of about 8,000 doses of the two substances.[3] Officers also found accounting notes that, according to the investigation, were linked to drug sales.[1] The official report did not say how many of the doses were marijuana and how many were cocaine hydrochloride.[1]

He was caught in the act and handed to the Attorney General’s Office on suspicion of trafficking, manufacturing or carrying narcotics.[1] A judge of control of guarantees then imposed a preventive measure of detention in a prison centre while the case proceeds.[1] MiOriente reported that a judge ordered his reclusion in a prison centre.[4] Nación Paisa headlined that the suspect had been sent to prison.[3] Lieutenant Colonel Darwin Arango, commander of the 7th South District of the Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Police, confirmed the arrest.[2] The police statement gave neither his identity nor his age, and did not give the date of the searches or the total weight of the drugs.[1]