Asunción: Two men arrested with 26 cocaine doses

A preventive patrol in Asunción’s Jara neighborhood led police to two men and 26 individual portions of cocaine prepared in small packages.

Officers from the city’s Ninth Police Station carried out the operation on Friday at about 6 p.m. near Santiago and Pedro Ciancio streets, close to Juan Ventre. Police were checking people in a passageway in an area known as La Lengua when one suspect allegedly tried to flee.

After officers stopped him, they found two containers holding the doses. Subcommissioner Carlos Pereira said the containers were tubes commonly used to store effervescent tablets. The packages contained a white substance that tested positive for cocaine hydrochloride at the National Police Anti-Narcotics Department. The total weight was 21 grams.

Police identified the man carrying the 26 doses as Fernando Sebastián González Herrera, 30. A second man, Franco Sebastián Florentín Agüero, 26, was also arrested after allegedly trying to help González Herrera escape and assaulting officers. Both men underwent a police database check and reportedly had no prior records.

Pereira said neither man made a statement during the operation. Police suspect the cocaine was intended for sale because of the quantity and its individual packaging. The officer added that sellers often hide doses around the area, including under stones, so they can retrieve them quickly when making a sale.

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The quantity and the way the drug was distributed lead investigators to presume that it could have been intended for sale in the area.