Officers of the San Juan Drugs Division arrested seven men and one woman in the early hours of Friday for possession of controlled substances in the Manuel A. Pérez, Los Peña and Vista Hermosa public housing projects in Hato Rey, Río Piedras and Puerto Nuevo.[1] In Vista Hermosa behind building 36, officers arrested 37-year-old Héctor Cosme Arroyo and seized 267 dollars, 23 bags of marijuana and three containers of marijuana from him.[1] Behind building 39 in the same complex, officers detained 30-year-old José Francisco Rivera, described as homeless, and seized 40 dollars, eight bags of cocaine and 19 bags of marijuana.[1] Beside building E-36, officers arrested 22-year-old student Cristian del Rosario Pérez of Bayamón and seized 876 dollars, 16 bags of marijuana, three containers of chopped marijuana and 13 capsules of heroin.[1] At building 44 in Vista Hermosa, officers intervened with 27-year-old José Merced Rivera, seizing 2,079 dollars, and said they would consult the case with prosecutors over destruction of evidence.[1] In the Manuel A. Pérez project between buildings E-22 and E-24, officers arrested 42-year-old unemployed Bayamón resident Jorge Vázquez Villanueva and seized three bags of marijuana.[1] In the same spot between buildings E-22 and E-24, officers arrested 26-year-old student Juan Diego Figueroa Rivera of Barrio Obrero in Santurce and seized two bags of marijuana.[1] In front of building 2 in the Los Peña project, officers detained 25-year-old Abal Morales Rivera and 51-year-old Ulda Aponte López and seized 687 dollars, 43 bags of cocaine, 294 capsules of heroin, 18 crack pieces, 33 rounds of assorted ammunition and a scanner radio.[1]
Across the operation, officers reported seizing from the eight detainees 370 bags of cocaine, 192 bags of marijuana, 15 containers of the same drug, 311 capsules of heroin, 818 crack pieces, two pills, a scanner radio and 4,013 dollars.[1] In a separate find on the fourth floor by the elevator of the El Trébol project in Río Piedras, officers found 58 bags of cocaine, 67 bags of marijuana, 36 capsules of heroin, 297 crack pieces and two pills.[1] In apartment 65 of building 7 in the Villa España housing complex in Puerto Nuevo, officers found a safe containing 226 bags of cocaine, 47 bags of marijuana, 800 crack capsules, 38 .223 AR-15 rifle rounds and a 7.62x39 AK-47 rifle.[1] Beside building 44 in Vista Hermosa in Puerto Nuevo, officers found 15 bags of marijuana and 32 capsules of heroin.[1] In the parking area of building 8 in Los Peña in Río Piedras, officers found three bags of cocaine, 13 capsules of heroin and crack.[1]
