Overview
- An intelligence alert from Lima guided Dirin and the North Precinct to a clandestine warehouse at 1196 Alfonso Ugarte in Chiclayo’s main commercial area.
- Officers found high-impact pyrotechnics stored without safety measures, including 36- and 25-shot cakes, 100-shot missiles, rockets, and 1,700 packs of cohetecillos.
- Two people identified as Geraldine Jasmín Leyva Mejía, 23, and José Armando Suárez Rodríguez, 33, were detained on suspicion of illegal fireworks trafficking after failing to present Sucamec or municipal permits.
- Police seized about S/7,000 in cash and a high-end phone, and authorities estimate the confiscated stock is worth roughly S/100,000.
- The merchandise was sealed and placed under police custody, and the case is now with the Ministerio Público as investigators seek additional distribution points in Lambayeque.