Three gang suspects held in Lima and Callao; 500 g of marijuana seized
Police arrested three suspected members of two criminal gangs in operations in Ventanilla, Callao, and San Miguel, Lima, the Interior Ministry said. One of them, Jesús Ever Morán Villanueva, 20, was found with a bag holding about 500 grams of marijuana when he was detained in San Miguel.
Police arrested three suspected members of two criminal gangs in operations in
Ventanilla, in the constitutional province of Callao, and in San Miguel, Lima,
the Interior Ministry said.[1]In Ventanilla, officers of the Depincri, the
criminal investigation division, detained Cristopher Rodríguez Palomino, 22,
alias ‘El Nero Cris’, and Jeanfranco Fernández Reyes, 19, alias ‘Mille’,
described as members of ‘Los Michis del Cono Norte’.[1]The ministry said the
two were stopped in a white car on Avenida Néstor Gambetta and that officers
found a revolver loaded with five rounds, six more rounds and three explosive
charges with safety fuses in a bag under the driver’s seat.[1]
In San Miguel, police arrested Jesús Ever Morán Villanueva, 20, alias ‘Yeruza’,
accused of belonging to ‘Los Malditos de la Ruta’.[1]The ministry said the
arrest took place at the intersection of Avenida La Paz and Jirón Santa Rosa,
where he was beside a motorcycle.[1]Officers seized a pistol, a magazine,
five 9 mm rounds, a mobile phone and a bag with about 500 grams of marijuana,
the ministry said.[1]Panamericana Televisión reported that one of the
detainees was travelling on a motorcycle that may have been used in the 20
October 2026 extortion attack on the chicken restaurant ‘El Corralito’.[2]The
ministry said the motorcycle’s link to the attack rested on security-camera
images.[1]
RPP reported that Morán Villanueva was also linked to an armed attack on Avenida
La Paz in La Perla on 28 September 2026 that wounded a minibus driver and a
passenger.[3]The ministry said the three detainees were left with the
corresponding police units to continue the proceedings.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Cannabis
500 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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RPPrpp.peESCallao: PNP captura a tres presuntos integrantes de bandas criminales con armas, explosivos y droga
Open questions the AI reported
The reports do not give the date of the two operations; 31 October 2026 is the date of the Interior Ministry statement and RPP's last update, and Panamericana Televisión published on 1 November.
No charges, court dates or outcome were reported for the three detainees.
Panamericana Televisión says one of the detainees was travelling on the motorcycle, while the Interior Ministry and RPP say Morán Villanueva was beside it when arrested.
Panamericana describes the weapon seized in Ventanilla as a pistol; the Interior Ministry says it was a revolver.
The 500 grams is an approximate figure, and no value was given for the marijuana.
The Interior Ministry published five photographs with its statement but captioned them only 'Fotos: MININTER'; the Panamericana page gives no caption identifying its image, so no photograph was linked.
Anti-drug police in Iquitos stopped a motokar in Punchana district and found a backpack with ten packages of suspected marijuana, then detained the driver and his passenger. Both are under investigation for illicit drug trafficking, and the exact weight of the drug had not been established.
Police detained five men aged 22 to 26 during a raid on a building in the Unicreto estate in Nuevo Chimbote, Áncash, and found about 125 grams of marijuana alongside 45 bags of tusi, 19 ecstasy pills and ketamine. The group was accused of making and selling synthetic drugs in nightclubs, and the case was passed to the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Peruvian National Police detained two people, aged 23 and 74, in the Santa Isabel neighbourhood of Chachapoyas, Amazonas, on 4 November 2026. Officers found dental equipment, anaesthetics, phones, cash and a sealed bag of seeds suspected to be cannabis sativa, and handed the pair to the police criminal investigation division as they investigate illegal dentistry and possible drug trafficking.
Police in Trujillo arrested a 73-year-old man and a 46-year-old man and accused them of drug trafficking after finding about 505 grams of marijuana, a digital scale and cash. Grupo Terna officers say the pair belong to a band they call 'Los Marihuanos de Buenos Aires'.
