Overview
- Patrol and plainclothes officers intervened around 4:30 p.m. Monday after observing rapid handoffs and constant handling of the children’s toys.
- Police seized 167 packaged doses of clorhidrato de cocaína, reportedly the “pedra” type, concealed in plastic eggs and other children’s objects.
- The Dangerous Drugs Division conducted on‑scene field tests that verified the substance was prepared for street sale.
- Police sources estimated the seized cocaine was worth several million pesos, an assessment reported as an official estimate.
- The 34-year-old suspect was placed at the disposal of Federal Justice, a 37-year-old companion was detained for questioning, and the minors were placed with relatives under local child-welfare oversight.