05/03/2021 19:17
Clarín.com
Police
Updated 05/03/2021 19:17
It could have been one of the many arrests for
drug dealing
that occur in the City of Buenos Aires, but the detainee in San Cristóbal had taken a coronavirus test days before that had tested
positive
.
And then, they charged him with spreading the virus.
Judicial sources reported that it was the prosecutor Sebastián Fedullo, head of the Criminal, Misconduct and Misdemeanor Prosecutor's Office No. 12, who
charged
the detainee.
He accuses him of "having circulated on public roads without protection measures, thus contributing to the spread and
contagion of the virus
, which is punishable by article 202 of the Penal Code."
The case was known this Monday but it occurred on April 26, when the City Police arrested a suspect at the corner of Constitución and Dean Funes, in San Cristóbal, after seeing how he
sold drugs
.
He had a large quantity of marijuana stored in a backpack.
Photo: illustrative
Both, seller and buyer, when they saw the police they tried to flee.
The suspect was riding a motorcycle and was hit by the agents: when he was searched, a large quantity of
marijuana
destined for sale was found, which he kept in a backpack.
Without chinstrap
After his arrest, it was found that the defendant had
tested positive for the
Covid-19
swab
that had been done days ago and, despite this, he was
without a mask
or
driving
license.
“He was not
complying
with his duty to carry out the mandatory sanitary confinement at his home.
In this way, it
contributed
to the spread of a dangerous disease for third parties, which is punishable by article 202 of the Penal Code ”, explained the sources.
The City Police arrested the narco with covid.
Photo: illustrativa / Fernando de la Orden
For this reason, the prosecutor Fedullo charged the man with the crimes of "possession of narcotic drugs for marketing purposes, in real competition with the figure of the
spread of
dangerous
diseases
."
As the defendant suffers from coronavirus, a
house arrest
was agreed with the defense
, which he carries out at his home in the Province of Buenos Aires.
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