Tacna: Half a Thousand Drug Wrappers Seized in Prison in Pocollay

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Officials of the Altiplano Puno Regional Office detected a clandestine connectivity system outside the Challapalca Prison, during a control and security operation. In the intervention, an antenna and two signal repeaters were seized, in addition to a large number of connection cables that were hidden underground, approximately one kilometer from the prison. The finding would show an attempt to violate the communication controls in the area. Thei…

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Hours prior to the arrival of 2026 the staff of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) carried out an operation in the penitentiary establishment in the district of Pocollay and found a variety of prohibited items, especially drugs with which some inmates were apparently going to celebrate the new year. In an ordinary review, 456 “ketes”-type packages of cocaine alkaloid, cell phones and other communication articles were found.