23-year-old held with marijuana after motorcycle chase in Emiliano Zapata
Police in Emiliano Zapata, Morelos, chased and detained a 23-year-old motorcyclist who tried to evade a checkpoint on the road to Tezoyuca. Officers said they found several small bags of apparent marijuana in his backpack and handed him and the motorcycle to ministerial authorities.
🇲🇽 Carretera a Tezoyuca, colonia Villa Morelos, Emiliano Zapata · Mexico
Security units in Emiliano Zapata detained a man carrying several doses of
apparent marijuana after a brief chase, when he tried to evade a checkpoint in
the municipality.[1]The police deployment was on the road to Tezoyuca, at
colonia Villa Morelos, where authorities keep preventive operations focused on
checking motorcycles to deter crime and find vehicles reported stolen.[1]
According to official reports, officers ordered the rider of a black Suzuki
motorcycle to stop because he was speeding.[1]The rider ignored the order and
accelerated to escape, and officers chased and intercepted him a few metres
ahead with no major traffic incidents reported.[1]
A preventive inspection of the rider and his belongings found several small
plastic bags containing green herb with characteristics similar to marijuana
inside a backpack.[1]The detained man was identified as Heber Joel “N”, aged
23, and was handed over with the motorcycle and the drug to the corresponding
ministerial authority, which will integrate the investigation file and decide
his legal status within hours for alleged crimes against health.[1]
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