National Police officers detained five men during a raid on a building in the Unicreto housing estate in Nuevo Chimbote, Áncash region.[1][2] The five detainees, aged 22 to 26, were identified by police as suspected members of a criminal group called Los Químicos.[1] Police said four men tried to run when they saw the officers, and two of them threw bags containing illegal substances.[1]
With the permission of one of the occupants, officers entered the building’s second floor, where they seized 45 bags of tusi, four bottles of ketamine, six bags with apparent ketamine residues, two spoons and a digital scale.[1] Officers also found about 125 grams of marijuana at the property.[1][2]
The five were detained for illicit drug trafficking and the case was referred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which ordered the corresponding proceedings.[1][2] Miguel Ángel Mesta Rebaza, the National Police chief for Áncash region, said the group made the tusi for its own use and for sale in places where young people gather.[1] The police general said tusi is made by hand from cocaine mixed with drugs such as ketamine and tramadol and was being introduced into nightclubs in Chimbote.[1] Lúmina Noticias placed the raid at 7:45 p.m. on 6 November 2026 and gave the same seizure of tusi, ecstasy, ketamine and 125 grams of marijuana.[3]
Officers were from the Chimbote special group of Depincri, the National Police’s criminal investigation directorate.[2] The raid took place at manzana R3, lote 10, in the Unicreto estate.[2] Beyond the marijuana, officers seized 56 small bags of what was described as tusi (2C-B), 19 pills of apparent ecstasy, four bottles with residues of a substance believed to be ketamine and one container with residues of apparent popper.[2] Police also seized a digital scale, six mobile phones and two laptops, held as evidence for the investigation.[2] The seized substances were to go for chemical analysis to establish their composition, while the electronic equipment would be examined to trace the origin of the products and possible responsibilities.[2]
