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By: The opinion Posted Mar 17, 2023, 16:47 pm EDT
People who traffic or consume drugs manage in every possible way to avoid being discovered, but the turns of life mean that even chance puts them in the crosshairs of the authorities and their secret comes to light. This is what happened in Mexico City, when a hidden compartment was discovered in a van, in which the driver was carrying cocaine.
It all happened when police from the Transit Control Undersecretary were carrying out verification, security and road work, as revealed by the weekly Proceso.
Suddenly they saw a white van go by that was driving at excessive speed, but it was not the only irregularity, since the driver was not wearing a seat beltfor which he violated the Traffic Regulations of Mexico City, so the agents called him to a halt.
The nervousness of the 35-year-old man, originally from the state of Nayarit, was much and evident. The policemen explained to him the reason for the momentary arrest and asked for his papers, but when he opened the glove compartment of the truck to give them to him, he activated a button that revealed everything.
The driver’s seat came off revealing a compartment that did not correspond to the original manufacture of the unit, for which they asked him to get out of it.
When doing a review of the truck, they saw that the compartment was made by hand and inside it there were two “partitions” made with cinnamon tape. When they opened them, they saw that it contained white powder, with characteristics similar to those of cocaine.
Derived from the above, the driver of the truck was arrested, informed of his legal rights and presented before the corresponding Public Ministry agent, who will determine his legal situation.
The Secretary of Security of Mexico City, Omar García Harfuch, shared a video on his social networks in which an element shows the interior of the truck, the way in which the secret compartment is activated and the content that was in it.
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