Overview
- The Oct. 30 operation by Divincco Piura in Suyo uncovered 16,080 dynamite cartridges, 1,836 explosive emulsions, and dozens of detonators.
- Officers discovered a metal-doored basement holding boxes of Maxam dynamite, safety fuse segments, and assembled detonators inside a barbed-wire-fenced lot.
- Two suspects, M.E.L., 51, and J.V.P., 51, were arrested at the scene, while other occupants fled along a rural track.
- A Toyota Hilux pickup was impounded, which police say was allegedly used to transport the explosive materials.
- Authorities call the haul unprecedented for the area and are probing suspected links to illegal mining and extortion.