Trujillo police hold 73-year-old and 46-year-old over 505 g of marijuana
Police in Trujillo arrested a 73-year-old man and a 46-year-old man and accused them of drug trafficking after finding about 505 grams of marijuana, a digital scale and cash. Grupo Terna officers say the pair belong to a band they call 'Los Marihuanos de Buenos Aires'.
A 73-year-old man and a 46-year-old man were arrested in Trujillo.[1]Police
accused them of illicit drug trafficking over the apparent sale of drugs.[1]The two had marijuana and a digital scale with them when they were detained.[1]Officers of Grupo Terna, a police unit, made the arrests.[1]
Police accuse the men of belonging to a band known as ‘Los Marihuanos de Buenos
Aires’, or the Buenos Aires marijuana men.[1]Officers seized505 grams — just
over half a kilogram — of marijuana during the intervention.[1]Police
described the weight as approximate.[1]Cash was among the items seized.[1]
The force said it was running interventions in flagrante — cases in which
suspects are caught in the act — for various crimes.[1]The operations go
through a Comando Unificado, a unified police command.[1]It said the
operations had produced important operational results.[1]It said they had
also contributed to a significant reduction in crime in the region.[1]
Photos and video
The two detained men behind a table with bags of marijuana, a digital scale and cash, with a Grupo Terna officer in a 'TERNA-DDCL' jacket standing behind them.Photo details
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