One man arrested in Santo Domingo with marijuana and guns
Police arrested Linder Antonio Q. G., known as alias “Titán,” in Santo Domingo on 4 November 2026 during an operation linked to alleged weapons and drug distribution. Authorities reported marijuana and firearms among the evidence, but accounts disagree on the amount seized and the arrest date.
🇪🇨 La Cadena cooperative, Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas · Ecuador
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Police arrested Linder Antonio Quiñónez Gil, known as alias “Titán,” during
operation Atlas 069 in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.[1]The National Police
said the intervention took place at the La Cadena cooperative in Santo Domingo
Este during the early hours of 4 November 2026.[2]The National Police’s
Anti-Crime Brigades Unit (UNBAC) carried out the operation under the
ATLAS-069-SZI-SDT designation.[2]Police described him as a suspected member
of organized criminal group “R” and linked him to distributing firearms and
controlled substances in Santo Domingo.[2]
Police said investigators suspected he was using a taxi to transport firearms,
ammunition and controlled substances to La Cadena, Cristo Vive and El Paraíso.[2]
Police said the detainee was handed to the competent authority and the evidence
entered the chain of custody for further legal proceedings.[2]
Photos and video
Police Ecuador photo of the detainee, captioned as being handed over to authorities. Photo: Policía Ecuador Source: El Diario
El Diario dates the arrest to 3 November 2026, while the National Police statement says it occurred in the early hours of 4 November; this report uses the police date.
Cannabis quantity is reported as 680 grams by National Police, one kilogram in the submitted Chinese-language account, and 469 grams by El Diario; the conflicting weight is omitted from figures.
The submitted page identifies El Universo as its Spanish-language source and warns that its translation may contain errors.
No charge, preventive-detention order or later court outcome was reported in the opened accounts.
The submitted page and Police statement include images without text-based captions establishing what they show, so they are omitted; El Diario's caption identifies its linked police photo of the detainee.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Policía Nacional del Ecuador: Police listed firearms, a magazine, marijuana and a mobile phone among the evidence, and said a taxi was retained for investigation.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Diario: After a motorcycle pursuit, officers recovered a bag of plant matter the suspect allegedly discarded, and a preliminary test confirmed marijuana.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in El Diario: Investigators were analyzing the phone for information about possible connections to other people.
Ecuador's National Police seized 26 grams of marijuana from a Quito-to-Manta parcel at Manta's bus terminal on 30 October 2026 after detector dog CUMI alerted. No one was detained; prosecutors opened an inquiry into the sender and recipient.
Ecuador's army detained three people riding one motorcycle during a CAMEX weapons control in Pifo, Quito, finding two bags of suspected marijuana and one bag of suspected cocaine. The detainees and the seized phones and cash were handed to judicial authorities for legal proceedings.
Police arrested a man in La Alborada, northern Guayaquil, on 7 August 2026 and seized 87 packages of marijuana, some of them flavoured. Police said the haul equalled about 87,000 doses for domestic consumption and was valued at about $34,000.
Ecuadorian police arrested two US citizens in Ponceano, in northern Quito, on 27 May 2026 and found 46 marijuana plants in pots in a property used as a growing, processing and sales centre. Interior Minister John Reimberg said both were high-danger targets wanted in North Carolina, and police said the raid was coordinated with the US Marshals Service.
