Colombian, 40, held in Villa El Salvador raid on marijuana and 'red drug' flat
Peru's National Police Terna squad raided a property in Villa El Salvador and detained Gabriel Renzo Gómez, a 40-year-old Colombian, who was to face the courts. Officers found marijuana, cocaine hydrochloride and red-dyed coca paste sold by motorcycle delivery under the nickname 'la coloradita'.
🇵🇪 Avenida Jorge Chávez, sector 26, Villa El Salvador, Lima · Peru
Officers of the Terna squad of Peru’s National Police entered a property in
Villa El Salvador, a district in southern Lima, where different types of drugs
were stored.[1]The agents moved in after residents of Avenida Jorge Chávez,
sector 26, gave them information about the property, and they blended into the
area before the intervention.[2]Inside the building police detained Gabriel
Renzo Gómez, a 40-year-old Colombian national.[1]
The drugs found in the property included marijuana, cocaine hydrochloride and
coca paste.[1]Officers said the red drug was known locally as “la
coloradita”.[1]
Police said the drugs were sold by delivery on motorcycles.[2]The detained
man remained in custody and was to answer before the courts.[2]
Photos and video
Canal N's television report on the Terna squad's raid on the Villa El Salvador property and the drugs found inside. Video: Canal N Source: Canal N
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Canal Ncanaln.peESVilla El Salvador: Incautan 'droga roja' en inmueble de microcomercializadores
No weight, package count or value was published for the marijuana or for the other substances, so only the arrest can be recorded in figures.
The reports give no separate date for the raid; 17 November 2021 is the publication date of both accounts and is used as the incident date.
Neither account says which unit made the arrest, what charges were filed or where Gómez was held; no court outcome has been reported.
The cocaine hydrochloride and coca paste are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure, and their quantities are excluded from cannabis figures.
Both accounts carry the same police briefing and the same Canal N video, so they are not independent confirmation of the details.
The only visual of the event found is the Canal N video embedded in both pages; no still photograph of this raid could be identified.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Panamericana Televisión: The coca paste had been dyed red so that its sellers could tell it apart from other dealers' product in Villa El Salvador.
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