Twenty magazines for rifles and seven for 9 mm pistols were detected camouflaged in seven suitcases with clothes, in the cargo area of the José Joaquín de Olmedo airport in Guayaquil. The luggage arrived in the country from Miami, United States, on Thursday night, March 3.
The discovery was made on Thursday afternoon. According to the Judicial Police, a courier was expected to remove the suitcases.
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“They come in plastic bags that are intended with garments, specifically, for different people. They were wrapped in a stealthy way so that they could be camouflaged inside the clothing,” said Julio César Navarro, head of the Guayas Judicial Police.
In this case there is a detainee, it is the person who intended to remove the feeders, the official said.
The arrest was made in a sector near the home of the 38-year-old man who has no record.
The police commander of zone 8 (Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón), general Víctor Hugo Zárate, indicated that the skills are being carried out to determine if the seized chargers are the same ones that have been found inside the Litoral Penitentiary.
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“In addition, it should also be noted that nine-millimeter caliber magazines for thirty cartridges plus two are not authorized, even, for any hunting, shooting and fishing club. They are approved only with permission for ten cartridges. What makes the National Police presume that these chargers would be being used by personnel or people who are engaged in criminal acts, “explained the police chief. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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