08/29/2020 - 11:05
- Clarín.com
- Zonal
Four people were arrested in Morón accused of being part of a drug gang that distributed drugs aboard an ambulance with which they simulated medical visits.
Weapons, money and several doses of cocaine were seized after an extensive investigation and a series of police operations to find those responsible.
Members of the Morón DDI carried out five raids on homes at Calle Solarí 2900, Castañares 743, Humahuaca 2433, Alcorta 2474 and Río Gallardo 720, all located in Morón Sur, in the western area of Greater Buenos Aires.
During these searches, in addition to arresting the accused, the policemen also managed to hijack the vehicle with which they distributed drugs at home. It is a Renault Master brand utility vehicle , plotted and conditioned as an emergency health unit.
The Police exhibited part of the elements kidnapped in one of the raids.
Aboard the hijacked truck were found 235 thousand pesos , 800 dollars , a brick of a kilo of cocaine , dozens of packages of the same drug ready to be sold, precision scales, cutting elements, a 22 caliber carbine with a telescopic sight and a 12 gauge pistol, with 14 rounds.
According to the Télam agency, the men captured during the raids pretended to be orderlies, a driver and a doctor visiting patients in private homes. Two of them are 43 years old, another 56 and the alleged leader of the organization, who was the driver of the fake ambulance, 68.
One of the four suspects arrested in the raids. They pretended to be a driver, a doctor, and orderlies to deliver drugs from house to house.
"We had been following them for two and a half months due to complaints from neighbors to 911," said one of the investigators who participated in the peculiar operation, which included several policemen hidden in trunks of different vehicles to be able to do intelligence and follow the routine of operations of the narco group.
The four detainees were housed in the Morón DDI , at the disposal of the district attorney 6 of that Morón district.