Two officers held for stealing seizure drugs in Guayaquil
Police in Guayaquil detained a lieutenant and a second sergeant accused of taking drug packages from a March truck seizure; both were given preventive detention in the Penitenciaría del Litoral. A same-day raid in Las Orquídeas found a warehouse holding more than 50 kilos of mixed cocaine and marijuana, rifles, police clothing and counterfeit bills.
🇪🇨 Las Orquídeas and south Guayaquil, Guayas · Ecuador
A National Police lieutenant and a second sergeant were detained for drug
trafficking in Guayas on 10 April 2025.[1]The capture occurred in south
Guayaquil in an operation planned after a month of investigation.[1]The
investigation opened after police identified a truck with about 18 kilos of
drugs in March.[1]Images showed two police officers taking some drug packages
and carrying them away.[1]
Following a judicial order, raids were carried out and a lieutenant and a second
sergeant were detained.[1]Both officers were given preventive detention and
transferred to the Penitenciaría del Litoral.[1]Authorities are investigating
what links the two may have with criminal groups.[1]
That same Thursday authorities also raided the Las Orquídeas citadel, where they
found a warehouse storing more than 50 kilos of controlled substances, including
cocaine and marijuana, according to police.[1]Two military-use rifles and
ammunition were also found at the warehouse.[1]The warehouse also held
National Police vests and State Attorney General’s Office jackets.[1]According to authorities, criminal-group members divided the drugs there for
retail sale in different parts of the north of the city.[1]
Police also found counterfeit banknotes at the site.[1]Pascuales District
chief Ginno Zanzi said the false money is used for scams outside banks.[1]La
República EC independently repeated the same account, reporting raids in Las
Orquídeas on 10 April and a warehouse holding more than 50 kilos including
marijuana and cocaine.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No separate weight for the marijuana portion of the more than 50 kilos of mixed cocaine and marijuana was published, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
The nearly 18 kilos in the March truck was described only as drugs, with no substance breakdown and no amount the officers allegedly took.
The officers were reported only by rank, with no names, ages or plea reported.
The reports do not clarify whether the Las Orquídeas warehouse raid was part of the officers' case or a separate same-day operation.
No court outcome beyond preventive detention was reported.
La República EC largely reproduces the Teleamazonas account rather than providing fully independent reporting.
The text gives a weight ("50 kilos") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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