Overview
- SUCA MEC set up a permanent control post in Plaza Gastañeta and reported 1,541 illegal pyrotechnic items seized during inspections in Lima’s Mesa Redonda.
- The PNP’s Lima East megaoperation deployed 450 officers, captured four members of “Los Injertos Chalacos” carrying a firearm and a grenade, recovered two stolen vehicles, and confiscated about 90 kilos of illegal fireworks.
- Regional crackdowns reported major seizures: roughly 400 kilos in Puno, about 100 kilos in Arequipa, and 150 kilos in Piura from unauthorized vendors.
- In Piura, health regulators and prosecutors seized 120 packages of piñata toys lacking sanitary registration and ordered compliance within 10 working days, while SUNAT seized undocumented imports including bed sheets and around 25,000 surgical masks.
- Police in Lima Norte arrested suspects linked to extortion networks identified as ‘Los Nuevos Sanguinarios’/D.E.S.A., including the detention of Gleimer de Jesús Ramos, with weapons, ammunition, phones and motorcycles seized.