Two men were arrested on Tuesday 10 November 2026 during an intervention by the Puerto Rico Police Division of Drugs, Narcotics, Vice Control and Illegal Weapons in the Antonio Roig housing estate in Humacao.[1] Police seized 17 bags of marijuana, 30 bags of cocaine, 97 bags of crack and $67 in cash during the operation.[1] The two men arrested were 51 and 57 years old and were summoned for Thursday 12 November 2026 for the possible filing of charges.[1] El Vocero reported that the operation was a surveillance and intervention plan by Puerto Rico Police in the Antonio Roig housing estate.[2] Police named the men as Richard Olmeda Berríos, 51, of Humacao, and Radamés Sánchez Rivera, 57, of Las Piedras.[2]
Two men arrested in Humacao police operation; 17 bags of marijuana seized
Puerto Rico police arrested two men, aged 51 and 57, during a surveillance operation in the Antonio Roig housing estate in Humacao on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Officers seized 17 bags of marijuana, 30 bags of cocaine and 97 bags of crack, along with $67 in cash, and consulted a prosecutor about the case.
🇵🇷 Urbanización Antonio Roig, Humacao, Puerto Rico
- Arrested
- 2
- Cash confiscated
- USD 67
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- Telemundo Puerto Ricotelemundopr.comESOcupan cocaína, marihuana y "crack" en operativo policíaco en Humacao
- El Vocero de Puerto Ricoelvocero.comESDos arrestados tras intervenciones por drogas en residencial de Humacao
Open questions the AI reported
- No weight was given for the 17 bags of marijuana, the 30 bags of cocaine or the 97 bags of crack.
- No charges had been filed when the reports were published; the two men were summoned for Thursday 12 November 2026 for possible charges.
- Telemundo gives no separate date for the intervention; the report was published on 11 November 2026 and says the arrests happened on Tuesday, which is used as the incident date.
- No street value was given for the seized drugs.
- Telemundo describes the location as an urbanización (housing estate) while El Vocero calls it a residencial (public housing estate), so the exact nature of the site is unclear.
- Only the cannabis component is recorded; the cocaine, crack and cash figures are left out of the figures.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Vocero de Puerto Rico: Radamés Sánchez Rivera was also found with one bag of cocaine.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Vocero de Puerto Rico: The Humacao drugs division worked with the drugs divisions of Fajardo and Caguas, and the case was consulted with prosecutor Israel Umpi.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Vocero de Puerto Rico: The El Vocero report gives no details of what the prosecutor decided afterwards.
