During the last hours, the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) seized war material, including two rifles and 158 cartridges, according to military reports.
In the San Rafael sector, Sotillo municipality (Barrancas del Orinoco), Monagas state, the military detained two members of the criminal group Los Pata de Goma, identified as Oscar José Escalona Aguilarte and Andrés Moisés Maurera. These people were carrying the two rifles (AK47, AK103) as well as 158 7.62X39 mm caliber cartridges and seven rifle magazines, according to a report from the Rural Command Detachment 51-2, which indicates that the procedure was carried out in conjunction with Cicpc officials. .
The detainees were handed over to the Public Ministry where a file was opened for illegal possession of war material.
Also in Monagas, but in the San Luis sector, Maturín municipality, the military seized a 12-gauge shotgun that Leonardo José Gómez was carrying, says the report from Detachment 511 of the GNB.
The seizure of firearms continued in Guárico, Zulia, Apure and Carabobo. In the Caño El Diablo sector, San Jerónimo de Guayabal municipality, Guárico state, they seized a 38 caliber revolver that Hugo Rafael Villegas was transporting, which was detained, according to a report from Detachment 342 of the GNB.
In Tía Juana (Zulia), they seized a 12-gauge shotgun and a .22 rifle that Elvis José Durán Zavala was transporting on a motorcycle, according to a report from Detachment 113 of the GNB.
At the Citizen Service Point located in Palmarito (Apure), the military detained Alexis Ramón Figueredo Izarra and seized a 7.65 mm pistol, Walther brand, a pistol magazine and six 7.65 mm caliber cartridges, it says. the report of the GNB River Detachment 353 to which we had partial access.
And in the Las Mercedes sector, in the town of Montalbán (Carabobo), they captured José Antonio Obispo Henríquez from whom they confiscated a 12-gauge shotgun, according to a report from the Rural Command Detachment 41-1.
The Public Ministry was informed of the procedures.
