Police raid suspected cocaine den in Lima using wheelchair and school disguises
More than 2,000 small cocaine sachets seized and three people detained.
Police in Lima, Peru, raided a suspected cocaine den after undercover officers posed as a wheelchair-bound patient and a school student.
The operation took place on Wednesday in San Juan de Miraflores, in the 1 de Junio district. Officers used drones to watch the area while other teams stayed back as they approached the house near two schools.
The raid changed pace when one officer, pretending to be the disabled patient, stood up from a wheelchair, pulled a large club from under his clothing, and smashed his way toward the building. Another officer dressed as a student climbed through a first-floor window using an extendable ladder as officers rushed inside.
Inside the home, police found an additional man who had been lying in bed, shirtless. Officers then searched cupboards where drugs were reportedly hidden in plastic bags.
Police seized more than 2,000 small sachets of cocaine base. Three people were arrested and placed in police custody as the suspects were linked to the suspected “Los Santurrones” drug network, with police saying the sales were aimed at students from a nearby school.
The latest status is that the three detained suspects remain in custody following the raid.
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Source:
Le Parisien