Puerto Rico Police Bureau agents arrested 14 people during multiple drug interventions in several towns between Wednesday and Thursday, the agency said in a press release. In Ponce, officers detained men aged 30 and 42 for alleged sale and distribution of controlled substances, seizing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, crack and cash. In Santa Isabel, two men aged 25 and 42 were arrested with crack, fentanyl and cash.
In Caguas, agents from the Drug Division intervened at the Juan Jiménez García public housing complex, arresting two men aged 26 and 49 and seizing fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, crack and cash. The case was consulted with prosecutor Carlos Goyco Rodríguez of the Caguas Prosecutor’s Office, who ordered charges filed; Judge Irmarie Colón Masso found probable cause for arrest and set a global bail of $9,200, which both defendants posted through a private bondsman.
An 18-year-old was arrested in the Barriada Morales sector of Caguas with marijuana, crack, pills and cash. In Comerío, a search warrant executed at a residence on Road 780, kilometer 7.2, in the Doña Elena sector led to the arrest of a 49-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman after 20 bags of cocaine and paraphernalia were seized; they also face an allegation of destruction of evidence.
In San Sebastián, three men aged 40, 43 and 51 were arrested in the Barriada Pueblo Nuevo sector. In Cataño’s Juana Matos housing complex, a 36-year-old man was arrested with 25 bags of cocaine, 79 crack capsules, 39 bags of marijuana, 17 decks of fentanyl, six pills and $83 in cash, and in Bayamón’s La Alegría Norte housing complex a 24-year-old was arrested with 37 cocaine capsules, 12 decks of heroin and $135 in cash.
The Police said these cases will be consulted with the area prosecutor’s offices for the filing of corresponding charges.