Grupo Terna officers in Tacna detained a 15-year-old schoolboy carrying 37 grams of marijuana and a high-end cell phone during a night patrol on Avenida Vigil. The boy and the seized items were transferred to the police Antidrug Area on the orders of the family prosecutor.
🇵🇪 Prolongación de la avenida Vigil, cercado de Tacna · Peru
Officers of the Grupo Terna of the National Police detained a 15-year-old
schoolboy during a night patrol on block six of the prolongation of Avenida
Vigil, in the cercado of Tacna.[1]The schoolboy, identified only as J. F. G.
T., had shown a suspicious attitude on noticing the police presence.[1]
A personal search found a plastic bag with stems and dry leaves which, after a
field test and weighing, amounted to 37 grams of marijuana.[1]Officers also
found among his belongings a high-end black Apple iPhone 13 cell phone.[1]The
case was referred to provincial family prosecutor Víctor Nina, who ordered the
adolescent and the seized items transferred to the National Police Antidrug Area
for the legal proceedings.[1]
The outlet describes this as the third intervention of minors with drugs
recorded between October and November of this year.[1]In total, five
schoolchildren were involved in cases of unlawful substance possession, with two
detained at Francisco Antonio de Zela school, two at Modesto Basadre school and
the latest case detected on a public street.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report on the detained schoolboy, described as showing the marijuana and costly cell phone he was carrying.Photo details
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