Overview
- A routine inspection at the Huaral prison uncovered a modified blue gas cylinder with an internal compartment that held illicit items, a detection made by INPE staff using X‑ray equipment during checks on Monday.
- Guards who noted an unusually light weight in one of two cylinders opened the altered base and found 70 cigarette packs, about 720 ml of liquor, 80 sildenafil pills, common antibiotics and painkillers in blister packs, two metal heating coils, 17 lighters and suspected drugs.
- Among the suspected drugs were five packages described by INPE as likely pasta básica de cocaína and a plant material consistent with cannabis sativa, with laboratory forensic identification still pending.
- The supplier identified as Yoel Rodríguez Solís had delivered the cylinders to the prison economato and the INPE immediately alerted the National Police and the Public Prosecutor, who are now investigating origins, intended recipients inside the facility and possible wider supplier networks.
- INPE said the interception shows the impact of stepped‑up inspections and detection technology in prisons, and authorities warn that confirmed links to a supplier network could expand the probe to outside collaborators and prison staff.