News (Media Awareness Project) - Puerto Rico: Police Net 1,105 Suspects In Island Raid |
Title: | Puerto Rico: Police Net 1,105 Suspects In Island Raid |
Published On: | 1999-10-10 |
Source: | Chicago Tribune (IL) |
Fetched On: | 2008-09-05 18:16:08 |
POLICE NET 1,105 SUSPECTS IN ISLAND RAID
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO -- Police arrested more than 1,100 people with
outstanding warrants in a "mega-raid" throughout the island, a local
newspaper reported Friday.
Police had rounded up 1,105 people, including 16 murder suspects, by
Thursday evening, said The San Juan Star. It was the island's sixth
islandwide raid this year, the newspaper said.
At least 475 of those arrested were wanted on drug charges. Narcotics agents
confiscated 37 vehicles, cash and hundreds of small bags of marijuana,
heroin and cocaine, the newspaper reported.
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO -- Police arrested more than 1,100 people with
outstanding warrants in a "mega-raid" throughout the island, a local
newspaper reported Friday.
Police had rounded up 1,105 people, including 16 murder suspects, by
Thursday evening, said The San Juan Star. It was the island's sixth
islandwide raid this year, the newspaper said.
At least 475 of those arrested were wanted on drug charges. Narcotics agents
confiscated 37 vehicles, cash and hundreds of small bags of marijuana,
heroin and cocaine, the newspaper reported.
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