Cancun, Q.R. — Police in Cancun reported finding thousands of rounds of ammo and two dozen weapons during property raids. Both raids were carried out at private residences.
State Attorney General Raciel López Salazar announced during a press conference that authorities executed two search warrants in the city over the weekend. During the operations they seized firearms restricted for the exclusive use of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as suspected narcotics.
According to López Salazar, the first search took place at a residence on Privada Tulipanes Street in the Jardines del Sur subdivision where agents seized a variety of drugs as well as nine long guns, eight handguns, 28 firearm magazines, 166 live rounds of ammunition and tactical gear.
Police then moved to a home located on 100th Street in the La Selva subdivision where law enforcement officers also seized variety of narcotics along with 1,545 rounds of ammunition of various calibers, 42 firearm magazines, five long guns, two handguns, tactical gear and a walkie-talkie radio.
“Upon completion of the searches, officers affixed seizure seals to both properties, which were placed under the custody of the Prosecutor’s Office,” he said. The five adult males and one minor were
“In a separate operation, agents arrested six individuals in the act of exchanging suspected narcotics on Mallorca Avenue in Supermanzana 326,” he said. All six, five adults and one minor, are facing drug dealing charges.
López Salazar said according to preliminary investigations, the six males belong to a criminal group involved in the sale of narcotics and responsible for generating violence.
