Officers of Mexico City’s Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) detained three men during a police operation in the Zona Centro neighbourhood of Venustiano Carranza borough in Mexico City.[1] The detention took place at the junction of Anillo de Circunvalación and José Joaquín Herrera street, where officers saw a group of people handling plastic bags apparently used to distribute narcotics.[1] The detained men are aged 19, 27 and 32.[1] Officers told the three men of their constitutional rights and took them before the corresponding Public Prosecutor’s Office agent.[1]

Officers seized 100 small bags of suspected marijuana from the men.[1] As well as the suspected marijuana, officers seized three mobile phones and cash.[1] The seized items were placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which will determine the men’s legal situation.[1]

A data cross-check indicated the three men may be linked to a street robbery recorded in Cuauhtémoc borough.[1] Authorities said the 27-year-old has a 2018 entry in the Mexico City prison system for aggravated robbery.[1]