In Pitalito's Porvenir neighborhood, police units arrested a man known as alias 'El Enano', who was reportedly guarding a point for selling hallucinogenic substances. The individual carried an illegal firearm and resisted arrest by calling locals to interfere. The operation is part of the campaign against crime in the Laboyos valley.
The arrest of alias 'El Enano' took place during a routine patrol by motorized reaction units in Pitalito's Porvenir neighborhood, a municipality in Huila department. Lieutenant Colonel Heguel García Medina, commander of the Fifth Police District, stated that the man was spotted acting suspiciously while apparently watching over a drug sales point.
Upon seeing the officers, the suspect tried to avoid a search and called several locals to block the procedure, actively resisting. With support from additional patrols, police subdued him and seized an illegal revolver capable of holding one cartridge.
'The individual attempted to sabotage the capture upon noticing the police presence, evading the search and calling sector residents to prevent the procedure,' Colonel García Medina explained. Alias 'El Enano' has prior records in the SPOA system for theft and illegal firearm possession. Preliminary investigations point to his involvement in guarding the sales point, which is being probed by the Judicial Police group.
The detainee was handed over to the on-duty URI Prosecutor's Office on charges related to the manufacturing, trafficking, possession, or carrying of firearms and ammunition. This operation fits into the broader anti-crime initiative in the Laboyos valley, aimed at dismantling local drug networks.
