Monterrey municipal police detained two brothers, Luis Alberto, 27, and Jared Alejandro, 18, in a house search in Monterrey.[1][2] El Porvenir names the two as half-brothers Luis Alberto “N” and Jared Alejandro “N”.[3] The search was conducted in an apartment on San Sebastián street in Colonia Hacienda Mitras with personnel of the state prosecution service present.[3][2] The detainees and the seized SUV were placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor for investigation.[3][2]

At capture officers found seven packets of green herb with marijuana characteristics and a digital scale on the detainees.[3][2] Inside the apartment officers found a firearm with a loaded magazine, boxes of electronic cigarettes and several bags of herb similar to marijuana weighing about three kilograms.[3][2] El Norte summarised the seizure as three kilograms of marijuana, a firearm with a loaded magazine, a box of electronic cigarettes and a pickup truck.[1]

The Hacienda Mitras search was carried out under a judicial order in an inquiry into 26 September gunfire and property damage on Avenida Pedro Infante in the Cumbres sector involving a white VW Tiguan, plate SFT 205C.[3] Investigators traced the plate through C4 cameras and recovered the vehicle inside the searched property.[3] The operation was supported by the Monterrey police Aguilas drone-division team.[3]