Three held in Carabayllo raid with over 1.5 kg of marijuana
Police in Carabayllo detained alleged Los Fantasmas del Norte leader Luis Eduardo Vera Sansoni, 68, with a 30-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl. The search of a house in the El Sol urbanisation found more than 1.5 kg of marijuana alongside cocaine bricks, 10,000 ketes, a gun and a scale.
🇵🇪 House in the seventh stage of the El Sol urbanisation, Carabayllo, Lima · Peru
Peru’s National Police captured 68-year-old Luis Eduardo Vera Sansoni, known as
Maestro Rochi, in Carabayllo as the alleged leader of the criminal group Los
Fantasmas del Norte.[1]Escuadrón Verde officers entered a house in the El Sol
urbanisation in Carabayllo as part of the operation against Los Fantasmas del
Norte.[1]Besides Vera Sansoni, officers detained two other alleged members of
the group, a 30-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl.[2]Police identified the
30-year-old as Marlon Mendoza Salinas, known as Gil.[1]Police described
Mendoza Salinas as allegedly in charge of transporting and delivering drug
packets.[1]He denied belonging to the group and said he delivered orders for
the retailer Temu.[1]
Police sources put the haul at seven bricks of coca paste and cocaine
hydrochloride, more than a kilo and a half of marijuana and 10,000 ketes.[2]The operation also seized a firearm, ammunition, two magazines and a scale.[1]The raided house stood in the seventh stage of the El Sol urbanisation.[3]
Police said the group was dedicated to drug trafficking and used the house to
store substances for distribution across northern Lima.[1]The Escuadrón Verde
chief said Vera Sansoni had prior drug-trafficking history and previous spells
in Lurigancho prison.[1]The Escuadrón Verde located the house after
surveillance work.[1]The case went to the Dirandro anti-drugs directorate in
San Isidro to determine each detainee’s responsibility and the scope of the
group.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Cannabis
1.5 kg
Agency
Escuadrón Verde
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (1.5 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Lima
Date
Approximate
Sources
Infobaeinfobae.comESCapturan a ‘Maestro Rochi’, presunto principal abastecedor de droga de ‘Los Fantasmas del Norte’: tenía antecedentes por narcotráfico
RPPrpp.peESCayó alias ‘Maestro Roshi’: PNP desbarató banda de comercializadores de droga liderada por adulto mayor
Trometrome.comES¡‘Maestro Roshi’ cae con 10 mil ketes en Carabayllo! Grupo Terna detiene a cabecilla de Los Fantasmas del Norte
Open questions the AI reported
No separate raid date is given; 25 August 2026 is used from the Infobae timestamp and the Trome update of that day, while RPP updated on 26 August.
The marijuana is reported only as more than a kilo and a half, with no exact weight; 1.5 kg is recorded as the stated minimum.
The seven bricks and 10,000 ketes are cocaine or unattributed drug packets, not marijuana, and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
Outlets spell the alias Rochi or Roshi and the second detainee Marlon or Marlos Mendoza Salinas; the Infobae spellings are used.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; the case was under investigation by the Dirandro.
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