54-year-old held with 63 marijuana doses at Santa Rosa police station
Police in Santa Rosa del Sur, Bolívar, arrested a 54-year-old man who tried to smuggle marijuana hidden in toilet-paper rolls into police-station cells for detainees. Officers seized 63 doses of marijuana and handed the man and the drug to the Attorney General’s Office.
Officers of the National Community Surveillance Model by Quadrants captured a
54-year-old man known as “Feliciano” in Santa Rosa del Sur, Bolívar, for alleged
trafficking, manufacturing and carrying of narcotics.[1]The man was caught in
the act while trying to bring marijuana camouflaged among rolls of toilet paper
into the cells of the municipal police station for detainees.[1]Police said
63 doses of marijuana were seized from him after the duty unit detected the
drug.[1]
The duty police unit detected the drug, seized it and read the 54-year-old his
rights as a captured person.[1]The captured man and the seized substance were
placed at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Office, with a judge to define
his legal situation.[1]The Magdalena Medio Police Department presented the
result as part of its work to maintain calm in the region.[1]Police invited
the public to report drug-trafficking information through National Anti-Drug
Hotline 167.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the police statement on the capture involving rolls of paper in Santa Rosa del Sur. Photo: Policía Nacional de ColombiaPhoto details
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