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Arequipa Teen Detained Over Explosive Extortion After Police Find Cache at Hostal

Investigators are tracing how mining explosives reached the suspect.

Overview

  • Divincri detectives arrested 17-year-old Lisandro L. C., known as “Farid,” on suspicion of extorting his former employer for 150,000 soles.
  • Police say the suspect detonated an explosive beside the victims’ home to reinforce death threats and demand payment in two installments.
  • Officers searching the Hostal JIS on Calle Zegarra Ballón in Cerro Juli recovered ten emulsion cartridges, nine detonator caps, three ready-to-detonate devices, and two meters of safety fuse.
  • UDEX specialists secured and removed the materials through a controlled operation.
  • Authorities are examining the origin of the mining-use explosives and potential accomplices as the case moves through juvenile proceedings.