33-year-old held in Pillco Marca over extortion; suspected marijuana found
Police in Pillco Marca, Huánuco, detained a 33-year-old man reported for demanding money under death threats and found a knife and a bag of dry leaves suspected to be marijuana. He was transferred to the Huánuco Depincri for investigation of alleged extortion, with the substance still awaiting laboratory confirmation.
🇵🇪 jirón Casuarinas, Pillco Marca, Huánuco · Peru
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National Police officers detained a 33-year-old man in the district of Pillco
Marca, Huánuco, after he was reported for allegedly demanding money under death
threats.[1]The detained man was identified by the initials Leonardo E.C.P.
(33) and was located on jirón Casuarinas after a person reported being a victim
of extortion.[1]After his detention he was transferred to the Huánuco
Criminal Investigation Department (Depincri), where he remained at the disposal
of the investigators in charge of the case.[1]
During a personal search officers found a knife and a white bag containing dry
leaves with characteristics similar to cannabis sativa, commonly known as
marijuana.[1]The nature of the substance was still to be determined through
the corresponding examinations, while investigators examined whether the items
found were related to the reported threats.[1]The detained man retains the
presumption of innocence until a court decides otherwise.[1]
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Blurred detainee before a Policía Nacional del Perú backdrop with labelled exhibits: knife, bag labelled cannabis sativa, cash and lighter. Photo: Diario AhoraPhoto details
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No weight or quantity was published for the bag of suspected dry leaves.
The substance was described only as having characteristics similar to cannabis sativa and its nature was still to be determined by examinations; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
No separate date for the detention was given; 13 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No charge, detention measure or court outcome was reported; the man remained under investigation and retained the presumption of innocence.
The account rests on one accessible local report; no second independent account of the same detention was found.
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