As a result of a double homicide that occurred in La Teja a year ago, the Departmental Anti-drug Brigade began Operation Osiris with the aim of disrupting the gangs that produced this confrontation.
To disrupt one of the gangs, which was led by MAthe brigade carried out 17 raids last Tuesday both in La Teja and in the town of Biarritz, in Canelonesreported Telemundo and confirmed The Observer.
Eight people were arrested in the 17 raids. A woman was sentenced as “author criminally responsible for a crime of internal trafficking of firearms and ammunition” to a sentence of six months in prison, to be served under “probation” while the other seven were convicted of crimes of criminal association, drug dealing and internal arms and ammunition trafficking.
“This organization, to gain territory, he had violent methods, personal injuries and they reached the homicide“, expressed the chief of Police of Montevideo, Mario D’Elía, to the aforementioned medium.
He also commented that two people who were accused of selling drugs inside a prison they were already charged with murder.
Police seized a BMW truck and car, a motorcycle, money, 17 cell phones, documents, weapons, drugs, a computer, and a television. In turn, in a car service led by MA they seized two refrigerated cabinets, a freezer, a refrigerator with display cabinets, a cash register, a scale, a stuffed animal machine and another to cut cold cuts.
