Military and police identified a vehicle parked outside the Sierra Centro Norte Cotopaxi Regional Social Rehabilitation Center (CRS), and upon inspecting the car, the uniformed officers detected warmed war material.
According to a statement from the Armed Forces, an industrially manufactured HK brand rifle-type firearm, automatic, series HK33EC, caliber 5.56, model, EE-94-C62685; a metal feeder; 14 5.56 mm caliber unfired ammunition; and, 15 brick-like packages with brown adhesive wrapper containing controlled substances.
During an operation at the Litoral Penitentiary, a rifle, submachine gun and explosives were seized
During the operation no one was detained and the evidence was placed at the orders of the National Police and the competent authorities.
Colonel Luis MartÃnez, commander of the Special Forces Brigade, confirmed that the Armed Forces comply with the constitutional mission of defending sovereignty and territorial integrity, so this type of joint operation with the National Police will be intensified. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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