Chetumal, Q.R. — A man believed connected to the theft of a security truck loaded with over 3 million in cash was located Friday. Police say César Ricardo “N” was arrested from a police filter after they were given a heads-up of his arrival by a monitoring dispatcher.
The dispatcher reported the security truck approaching the police filter along the federal highway outside Chetumal. Police said once stopped, they verified that the vehicle was reported stolen from the State of Mexico.
Inside the truck authorities found 3.8 million pesos in cash. On the uniformed driver police also found a manipulated key used to access the security box. In custody is César Ricardo “N” for his involvement in the crime of concealment.
In a statement, the SSC of Quintana Roo said “César Ricardo “N” was arrested, allegedly involved in the crime of concealment. Officers from the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), located at the Security Control Module located at kilometer 12.5 of the Chetumal-Bacalar federal highway, received information from the monitoring dispatcher and stopped the vehicle.
“Upon inspection, it was confirmed that the Ford F350, white and black, bearing the legend “Transporte Lock S.A. de C.V.,” with license plates from the State of Mexico, was the same vehicle reported stolen with the Vehicle Theft Prosecutor’s Office of the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico.
“The vehicle was seized along with the driver and the amount of 3,845,350 Mexican pesos found in three sealed plastic bags in the vehicle’s safe. In addition, the vehicle’s ignition key with the legend “Ford” with the number 586 with a section of metal wire with six silver keys. The key is a rectangular device with a keypad of numbers and symbols where the legend “Siglo Cerradura Randómica” can be seen, which was used to manipulate the internal security box.”
