Peruvian Grupo Terna officers captured 36-year-old Antonio Jesús Rivera Paniura, known as alias Dragon, in San Juan de Lurigancho.[1] The operation took place in the family home in the Juan Pablo II informal settlement, where he lived with his elderly mother.[1]

After surveillance and verification work, officers entered the house and found ten kilos of marijuana in vacuum-sealed packs ready for sale.[1] Authorities described the detainee as the area’s main drug supplier, with direct links to small-scale dealing networks across several parts of the district.[1] Escuadrón Verde chief Carlos Alcántara said the marijuana was ready to be distributed to small-scale dealers in the district and that vacuum packing made it harder for police to trace.[1]

When officers asked whether he had anything illicit in the house, he first denied it and later admitted responsibility, saying he had made a mistake.[1] His criminal history includes drug-trafficking records from 2020 and 2023 and an aggravated-robbery warrant from 2018.[1] His mother was found inside the house, and police did not rule out her involvement in the criminal case because the activity took place in her home.[1] Rivera Paniura was taken to the San Juan de Lurigancho criminal-investigation division, where police seized the marijuana and opened an investigation to identify other members of the distribution network.[1]