The subject said that the money belonged to a foundation and that he was a collaborator.
During a routine anti-crime operation carried out on the night of Sunday 12 in the center of Guayaquil, the police apprehended a driver who was carrying a cardboard $ 180,000 that he could not justify, according to the Police.
The suspect was driving a black truck with tinted windows on Malecon Simón Bolívar Street when he was stopped at the intersection of Clemente Ballén Street.
The police officers who discovered him transferred the driver to the Flagrancia Prosecutor of the Model Barracks, however, it was ruled out that the subject had a criminal record.
General Fausto Buenaño, Police Commander of Zone 8 (Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón), explained that, not having been able to justify the origin of the money, the man was detained and remains in the isolation area.
At 3:00 p.m. on Monday, the flagrante delicto hearing against the driver was scheduled, who first told the police that the money was from a foundation in which he collaborated.
The detainee later mentioned that the money belonged to a public entity for which he worked. He finally admitted that the money was his, but did not justify where it came from.
Meanwhile, the seized amount was entered under chain of custody in the Judicial Police warehouses. (I)
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