The police arrested two suspects wanted in the middle of the investigation into the double murder that occurred in the neighborhood last week Maldonado Newin the city of Maldonado.
On Tuesday morning, six raids led to the arrest of nine people, two of whom were wanted on homicide charges and some of whom were being investigated for drug offenses.
After the crimes, the police ordered an intervention in the neighborhood. During further checks, the officers discovered a man who was carrying two blocks of cocaine (2,089 kilos) and two bags of baking powder (1 kilo) in his backpack.
In addition, police searched 118 people and 81 vehicles. Several arrests were made and a motorcycle reported stolen was recovered, police reported.
Murders in Maldonado Nuevo.
Maldonado Nuevo is one of the city’s most crime-prone neighborhoods. On March 27, just after noon, two men were killed after a shooting attack.
From a motorcycle they shot at the two men who were at the corner of Juan Alberto Caracara and Bartolomé Howel.
One of the young men, 25 years old, died at the scene of the accident. The other, 27, was delivered in serious condition with a “very low pulse” and died after 5 p.m., according to Maldonado headquarters. They both had prior knowledge.
The neighborhood had just been the scene of another murder in the early morning hours of March 25th. The victim was a 40-year-old woman who was shot on Camino de los Gauchos, at the corner of Matheo Moleras. The murderers approached him on two motorcycles and shot him.
The body had wounds in the abdomen and chest. Police sources then pointed this out Underlined that the woman had been convicted of theft since 2011.
