Overview
- The Dirección de Investigación Criminal (Dirincri) carried out a raid on Monday that led to the detention of five people at a house on jirón Zorritos in the Breña district.
- Authorities identified the detainees as Jorge Antonio Aaron Novoa Pereda, Jhaziel Alexis Paredes Bracamonte, Maycol Orlando Rodríguez Belliza, Giovanni Edu Loayza Tume and Anderson Moisés Pereda García.
- Police seized 31 cellphones, a MacBook Air laptop and a vehicle; officials say the items will undergo technical peritajes and be cross-checked with robbery complaints to confirm their origin.
- The case drew wide media attention because one detainee, Maycol Rodríguez Belliza, is the younger brother of public figure Paul Michael and family members have publicly denied wrongdoing.
- Peruvian police say the group under investigation is a suspected receptation network called 'Los Terribles de Breña' that allegedly bought, distributed and sold phones of illicit origin across several Lima districts, and the forensic results will shape any formal charges and further inquiries.